Chapter 270 The Ceremony (1/2)
”Human… Shark's Heart…” While Lin Jie was still immersed in the tremendous joy of [Illusionary Trace Skill Scroll], Gion rushed over with its slippery body. From its physical condition, it could be seen that it had been mated at least several times.
Lin Jie took out 100 pieces of Shark's Heart, and one of them was really huge. That was the Tiger Shark King's Heart.
Gion's eyes lit up. When it saw the Tiger Shark King's Heart, it shivered with excitement and said in a jabbering tone, ”You… you killed the ferocious Tiger Shark King? It must be! I saw the hope of saving my people!”
Lin Jie smiled. ”Let's go, time to save your people.”
”Yes, that's right. My brain had lost the ability to think in the long term torment. Let's go.” Gion was thrilled and dancing in the air.
On the way back, Lin Jie noticed that there were fewer baby Nagas lying around on the street, but there were still plenty left untreated.
”These kids… without the ability to communicate with Water Element and Lighting Element, they are as good as humans without noses…” Gion said in a painful tone.
The resources on Naga's Island was very limited now. It could not even keep up with their daily use. If those resources were used to feed some baby Naga with no chance of survival, several adult Nagas would lose their life as a result. However, it would be crueler for them to watch those babies die.
Lin Jie thought for a moment and took out a bottle of Element Volatile and fed it to a crying baby.
Element Volatile potion was only used by Elemental Mages and Elemental Sword Artists. It could alter their magical damage between 95% and 115%. It was extremely good for leveling. Seven Ears tried mixing this potion with Health Potion and created an Elemental Volatile potion that had healing effect. However, it could not be mass-produced.
Lin Jie carried a bottle with him to boost his blade skills and Thunderstorm if needed.
The ferocious Naga baby was instantly calmed when the potion was fed to it. It sucked on the potion like a baby with a satisfying expression. Its body started to relax too.
”Wooo~”
The Naga baby waved her hands, and it looked like it was going to grow another two hands!
”It's healed! Healed! Hahaha…” Gion shouted in excitement, with tears rolling in his eyes. He hugged the baby and said, ”My child, I thought you wouldn't make it.”
Ding~
—”Gion's favorability has grown to 'Admiration'.”
Lin Jie was delighted, NPC's favorability was more difficult to raise than that of a race. Racial favorability could be enhanced by tasks, transactions, bribery, etc. But NPC preference could only be enhanced by legal means.
Since Gion's favorability had risen, it would surely affect how other Nagas viewed him. If he tried to raise everyone's favorability, then….he would be the king of Nagas! Lin Jie started to daydream.
”I only had one bottle of this potion. I cannot save them all. If you need more, you can send people to the port of City of Light. I'll prepare the potions in advance.” Lin Jie came back from the dreamworld and said. ”Come, time to go back.”
When Lin Jie reached back to Naga's habitation, all Nagas looked at him with admiration, desire, and some even with a spark of craziness. It was a feeling that he had never enjoyed before.
Lin Jie took out 100 portions of the hearts.
The Naga Prophet touched the Shark's Heart and nodded with force. After a discussion with the prophet, Gion said to Lin Jie, ”My lord, we need to perform a huge scale ceremony where we'll offer the Shark's Heart to the Son of Sea to remove the curse. During this period, Simon the Pirate will surely interfere with us. Please stop him so that we can complete the ceremony.”
Ding~
—”Do you accept the mission [The Ceremony]?”
Lin Jie blinked and thought, 'Continuous mission… Where is my reward for the previous mission!' But looking at Gion's appearance, he probably could not offer anything good.
Anyway, Lin Jie still had the Naga Trident. If the difficulty of the mission was too hard, later on, he could just keep the trident for himself.
'Accept!'
Lin Jie said solemnly, ”I'll protect you.”
Gion nodded gratefully. ”Thank you, my lord.”
Both of them exchanged a look, and the atmosphere became awkward.
After half a minute.
Gion could not hold any longer and said, ”My lord, the ceremony requires our Naga Trident. If you don't mind, please… return it.”
'Erm… just say that earlier.' Lin Jie blushed and returned the trident. He knew that he could not really keep such a practical epic item to himself! That moment just now was really awkward for him. He just hoped that the reward for this mission would be good.
”The ceremony is starting!”
The old prophet Naga looked up in the sky with four arms raised and mumbled words in his mouth. In the twinkling of an eye, the wind surged, and the sky changed color. Through the power of the Naga Trident, a roar of thunder, like purgatory, covered the whole area. The ancient and obscure mantra echoed in the air. The Tiger Shark's Heart was bombarded by thunder and became a myriad of tiny powder particles visible to the naked eye. It floated in the air of the island, soothed the wounds, expelled the disaster, and prayed for the health of the suffering Nagas.
As for prophet Naga's body, it was shattered into dust when the first lightning struck!
”The prophet has… returned to the Son of Sea.”
”Glory to Prophet, glory to Son of Sea.”
The Nagas prayed devoutly.
Lin Jie shook his head. He knew that the Son of Sea had not taken the prophet away, but he had sacrificed himself to cure his people or for some other reasons. Either way, the prophet Naga had summoned lightning and killed himself.
The ceremony was still ongoing, and Lin Jie felt a sense of danger. 'Here come Simon the Pirates.'
A pirate ship approached slowly, with four or five sailors. They had unshaved beards, and their mouths spouted dirty words. They were holding Fire Gun and a knife, whining and rushing down. The pirate ship was still full of people.