1349 Angering the Heretic God Part 2 (1/2)

”We're rich!” Nailisi cheered.

”This is dangerous, my lord. You'll risk angering the Heretic God,” Rafel said discouragingly.

Nailisi then said to Rafel in an I-don't-care tone, ”So are you saying that the Heretic God would make friends with master if he doesn't do so? Or would the god just follow master around as he goes about fighting wars, becoming his lackey?”

Rafel knew Nailisi was spouting nonsense but was unable to retort. The Heretic God would have become a great enemy of Saleen sooner or later. The immediate problem was angering that god right there and then.

Rafel was afraid that the Heretic God would use unconventional means and unleash powerful beings onto Myers Mainland.

The Winged Skull didn't utter a word while helping Nailisi clean up the abominations. The hall's area had been small, to begin with, and the Winged Skull did not even need to use the meteor hammer to take control of the situation.

Saleen unleashed elemental beings to help collect the golden granules. Using wind magic, the Tempest Dragon collected the granules that were all about the size of a knuckle.

That black vortex had gotten increasingly small, shrinking half its size from over eight meters to four meters. With the four-meter-tall black vortex purified, Saleen was able to collect about one-cubic meter worth of golden granules from it.

Exasperated, Rafel used her spear to stab to death all the abominations near her, one by one.

That black vortex, which couldn't hold on much longer, intended to retreat to the rune array but was trapped by Saleen's Lightning Territory and in a frenzy.

The quicker the vortex spun, the greater the number of golden granules produced from purification. Saleen was comforted that the Winged Skull had the smallest of the black vortexes for him to work with, making purification a breeze.

Up to 100 black vortexes found in the underground city enabled him to collect hundreds of cubic meters' worth of golden granules.

With such a large quantity, it would have been easy to craft large-scale lightning equipment without worrying about drawing the ire of the Heretic God.

Ojarvis and Lex watched Saleen's actions from the magic cube. One smiled while the other shook her head.

”See, my sister? I told you Saleen would help solve our problems,” Ojarvis flashed a smug smile at her.

”Heh, so are you using him or using me now?”

”Neither. Lex, this magic cube is on par with the Floating City in terms of value. He needs to shoulder some responsibility given how I handed the cube to him just like that. Besides, look how happy he is. He definitely isn't thinking that I might be using him.”

Lex groaned. Ojarvis had only told Saleen to bait those powerful abominations but not to purify the vortexes. Technically speaking, Ojarvis wasn't using Saleen.

That being said, Ojarvis was capable of seeing visions of time, which meant that he would have expected Saleen to do this.

What he was doing was simply giving Saleen a chance to get close to those black vortexes. What is fate? What is the future? Ojarvis knows that better than I do. If he were to just have Saleen hold the line at the magic cube, those visions he saw wouldn't come true.

Lex had nothing to say about it, though. Ojarvis handed her his life bead. His future was in her hands. If Saleen suddenly dropped dead, he could never have been resurrected.

Ojarvis rarely told others what he had seen. Lex was only hoping that his little brother didn't take any risks and try to change fate or anything like that.

After purifying a small vortex, Saleen felt that the exercise proved useful in helping him master his Lightning Territory. He came to have a good idea of where that seemingly random electricity in the Lightning Territory went.

If he were to keep doing such purification exercises, he would have eventually gained control over the power of the Lightning Territory, enabling him to use the electricity in battle.

It was especially valid in the case of the eight Armoring Lightning Beads. While they moved slowly, they contained great amounts of power. The entire Lightning Constellation was providing power for the eight beads.

”Next one!” Saleen hurried his people.

Only Rafel was capable of knowing the precise location of every black vortex. That was her ability. Both the Winged Skull and Nailisi were of insufficient levels, preventing them from seeing through the layers of obstacles and get a clear picture of the underground city.

”My lord, please consider carefully!” Rafel hoped Saleen would stop doing all of that. The Heretic God's power was far too powerful. If the god had randomly shown up on their plane one fine day, he would have hated Saleen the most.

”What's there to consider? The Heretic God...I'm thinking of crafting something out of him. It was no wonder ancient mages loved waging wars with the gods. They were indeed a treasure trove...”

Rafel then said in a concerned tone, ”My lord, aren't you a little lost? Power isn't everything!”

”No, this has nothing to do with power. You don't understand, Rafel. I'm capable of seeing the future, and I see the path I should take. If the Heretic God likes getting angry at me so much, then let him. If he were to advent right in this plane, I'd be out of luck. If he can't advent, hehe...”

Saleen paused. If he were able to craft a huge Thunder Dragon Blaster, he would not even need to worry about those heroes at the cemetery. He initially thought about not going back anymore, but he saw new hope for doing so.

The Imperial City of the Abyss was different from Myers Mainland in terms of plane rules. The weapon spirit of his Floating City could have advanced in the Imperial City of the Abyss and taken control of the large Thunder Dragon Blaster.