Chapter 510 - A Piece of Water Meteorite (1/3) (1/2)

Chapter 510: A Piece of Water Meteorite (1/3)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Link walked over to take a closer look.

From afar, he had thought the brilliant azure gemstone was spherical. Upon a closer look, Link noticed that there were a few bumps on its surface. There were also no runes carved into it. It simply looked like a polished rock.

Link took out the purple meteorite fragment that had re-solidified and tapped the azure gemstone gently with it. He then scratched the gemstone’s surface with one of the meteorite fragments’ sharp edges but could not seem to even leave an impression on it.

“It’s extremely hard!” Link exclaimed.

The meteorite in his hand was hard enough to leave a scratch on any Level-10 material. It could even slice through metal plates with ease.

Not only was the meteorite fragment unable to leave a mark on the gemstone, but the latter also did not seem to have any evidence of magical tampering on it. This suggested that the gemstone’s origin was far from ordinary.

What was worth noting was the fact that the wand and the gemstone on it were based on the water element, and water gemstones usually had a high resistance towards high temperatures.

After thinking for a while, Link said, “Since I’m still looking for a suitable dampening material, why don’t we just take apart the wand? I don’t think I would have much use for it.”

Gretel did not object to this. “Go ahead.”

Compared to the gemstone on it, the rest of the wand was merely scrap wood. Link drew out the Dragon King’s Fury sword and cut the wand in two. Without its wooden support, the azure gemstone fell off from the wand.

As soon as he got the gemstone, Gretel suddenly said to him, “With Thoreau defeated, there’s nothing keeping us here on the island. What do we do now once we get back to the castle?”

Link paused for a moment, then said, “The island lacks the resources and facilities that we need to work on the dampening material, and there’s also the problem of the spatial crack outside the Dragon Valley…”

This was certainly a problem none of them could avoid.

“Not to worry, I’ve thought it through,” said Gretel with a smile. She extended her hand and shook the dark green bracelet on her wrist. “See this?”

Link looked at it and saw that the bracelet’s design was almost primitive. The enchantments on it were like nothing he had ever seen. Looking at it even more closely, Link realized that he could only discern less than half of the enchantments used on it.

“What is this?” Link had noticed the bracelet on Gretel’s wrist before, but since it was her personal property, he did not ask too much about it.

“The Dragon King’s Bracelet passed down from ancient times. If anything were to happen to Dragon Valley, this bracelet would notify us of it, and I can even bring you back with me through long-distance teleportation.”

Link was left speechless. If she had been able to teleport them out of the island all this time, why didn’t she use it before?

Gretel smiled awkwardly at him. “I wasn’t able to activate the bracelet’s long-distance teleportation skill as I was not at my full strength before. Also, I can only use this skill once a month. Since Dragon Valley seems to be fine at the moment, I thought that I might as well save it for an actual emergency.”

Her explanation had sounded reasonable to Link, but still, he sensed that there was something off about it, as if Gretel had left out some other details.

Seeing Link’s ruminative state, Gretel continued, “Though Thoreau had escaped with severe injuries, if we were to leave this island, he may come back to continue devouring the souls of the island’s inhabitants. There are at least three million people living here.”

Link nodded, finally convinced by Gretel. “Alright then, we’ll start work on the dampening material here. It shouldn’t take us too long.”

“Hehe, then let’s get back. Honestly, the castle has kind of grown on me. Also, there’s no one else to bother us here…” Her voice trailed off into a mumble, and Link could not hear what she said at that point.

The two of them chatted on as they flew towards the castle. Far out in the ocean, a column of mist was steadily rising from the ocean’s surface. It was Thoreau the soul devourer, whose body had been split in half by Link.

His injury was so severe that he could only keep his body in a mist-like state. If he were to restore his body back to its original form, his severely crippled state would not be able to contain his own soul. He would immediately die from the process.

No, I need to find a new body, he thought. Seeing the two Legendary dragons flying back to the island, Thoreau immediately dismissed the idea of going back to the island and consuming the souls of the island’s inhabitants in order to replenish his power.

He swam further into the ocean in search of a suitable body for his soul.

He remained in his mist-like state as he swam. The spell was extremely taxing, and he did not have much time left. Even though the ocean was filled with all kinds of sea life, their bodies were too weak to bear the weight of his Legendary soul.

After searching for half an hour in the ocean, just when it looked as if his power was about to run out, a black-scaled swordfish appeared in front of him. Its appearance was almost similar to his physical body, and its power level was at most Level-7, which should be just enough to contain his soul.

Though Thoreau was not too pleased with his available options, he was running out of time and power. Reluctantly, he rushed into the black-scaled swordfish’s body.