Chapter 330 - You’re Demons, Not Mortals! (1/2)

Chapter 330: You’re Demons, Not Mortals! Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The next day, Link completed the battle axe.

He was this fast because the axe’s structure was honestly too simple. He only included one spell into the entire thing.

It was 160 pounds, five feet long, and the blade was 1.3 feet. Under the coordination of Link’s enchantment spell, the various rare materials melded together, resulting in a strange amber-colored crystal. It was semitransparent and crisscrossing red runic strands could be seen. At a glance, they looked like veins.

It had a cold metallic glow on the surface, and the amber darkened as it got closer to the blade. The blade was extremely dark, rather than transparent, and gave it a heavy feeling.

The battle axe was done, but Holun wasn’t back yet. Link wasn’t in a hurry either. He put the axe away and started reading his book.

Around dusk, Masos knocked on his door. Link opened the door and saw Masos holding a cage. It contained an abnormally smooth-looking black cat.

“You really caught it?” Link was speechless. Did it really fall for the trick?

Masos laughed heartily. “It was easier than I expected. I just used a bird net, closed it, and it was inside, heh.”

Felina heard the commotion and came out. She was in disbelief too. Circling the black cat, she nodded at Link. “My bloodline sensing tells me that it’s him.”

“Put it on the table,” Link said. He could also tell that this cat was different from others. Its emerald eyes were very bright, like pure opals. One couldn’t help but keep staring at it, meaning that it had a strong spirit.

Masos placed the cage on the table. “It indeed is a bit strange, and it’s really fast too. After getting caught, it just squatted there, soundless and unmoving.”

Just as he said, the cat was quiet inside the cage. Its limbs were close to its body, and its eyes were half-closed. It purred as well as if it was resting with its eyes closed. Link circled it and studied it closely, but it still didn’t move. It was as if it couldn’t see Link.

“Felina, can it understand us?” Link asked.

“It should, but it probably can’t talk.” Felina was uncertain. This cat seemed quite unique from the appearance, but it shouldn’t be that special. It’s possible that something happened when the exiled God went into it, causing the black cat to lose some functions.”

Link continued observing it. After a while, he felt he wasn’t going deep enough, so he took out his wand and petted the cat with his Magician’s Hand. The black cat looked at him lazily. It let Link probe without fighting back.

“It’s a female cat…but Elodim was a man 800 years ago, right? Possessing a female cat was probably an accident. Can he get used to it?” Link asked curiously. As he spoke, he kept his eyes on the cat. If it could understand him, it should have some reaction.

But he was disappointed. The thing continued to lie in the cage, half dead. Its stomach rumbled and other than its appearance, there was nothing special about it. It looked just like a gluttonous cat.

“Is it possible that when he possessed the cat, he sank into a deep sleep to protect himself?” Felina suggested. “Otherwise, why would he be so easy to capture?”

Masos pursed his lips. “Seems like it. I can’t believe that something like this is a god. He’s just a lazy cat.”

Link was annoyed. He’d come for pointers, but if the other was always like this, what use was there?

Something felt amiss when he looked at the cat. After thinking for a bit, he finally realized what was wrong. “Masos, didn’t you say that its personality is like how I described? If it can preserve its personality, how can it be so ordinary? Furthermore, this guy was avoiding us earlier, and now it’s acting like this. I’m sure it’s pretending!”

“Pretending?” Felina studied the cat. It was still sleeping inside the cage. She didn’t think so.

“We’ll see if we try,” Link said.

It was already the evening and time for dinner, so Link said, “Doesn’t it like fish? Felina, I have blue rock salmon. Take it to the inn’s chef to cook it well. It’ll be our dinner.”

“Okay.” Felina took the fish out.

After half an hour, a server brought a pot of fish soup into the room. As soon as it was brought to the door, the thick fragrance floated in, lifting everyone’s appetites.

Gulp. Felina swallowed thickly.

Link studied the black cat. It was still lying on the bottom of the cage without moving as if it wasn’t interested. This wasn’t logical.