Chapter 697: Chap, you indeed have the skills! (1/2)
GDK 697: Chap, you indeed have the skills!
Carmelita grabbed hold of Han Shuo and pulled him right out of the Third Corps. As soon as he stepped outside, Han Shuo saw an enormous airship hovering in the sky with a dozen or so figures standing on top. They were wearing the divine guard armor of the Sainte Family and all of them possessed midgod strength.
Without giving any explanation, Carmelita proceeded to drag Han Shuo into the airship and as soon as they boarded, instructed her extremely deferential divine guards, “Refill the energy crystals and set off!”
The airship is the most commonly used transportation vehicle on Elysium. Produced using advanced alchemy technology, this type of large flying machine used energy crystals as its energy source. The airship that Han Shuo found himself in was around a hundred meters long. It was lined with seats that had comfortable cushions.
“My Lady, who is this young man?” a plump, one-eyed woman with no eyebrows asked as she sized up Han Shuo peculiarly.
“Erebus isn’t at the Third Corps, he went hunting for Brovst. I'm sure he brought along those two fellas who are good at tracking,” Carmelita said somewhat angrily before she looked at Han Shuo with slanted eyes and said, “This is Bryan. He's from a low-level material plane. I have heard from Donna that not only is this person very observant, his insights and abilities in making judgments are remarkable. Donna isn’t one to talk drivel. Her words and assessments have a remarkably high level of reliability. Since I couldn’t borrow experts from Erebus, this guy will have to do,”
“This… this…” The plump, one-eyed woman was stunned. She stammered as though wanting to persuade Carmelita to give up on Han Shuo.
“This what? Even if he can’t make a difference, you really think that we can’t find those who snuck into our City of Shadows by ourselves?” Carmelita was annoyed and shot a glare at that plump woman.
Carmelita was very powerful in the House of Sainte. Although the plump woman wasn’t happy with the decision, she dared not to voice her objection. She merely sighed and looked at Han Shuo up and down with gazes of suspicion.
“I need your help to find some people. You rest for a bit, I will inform you when we arrive. You can be at ease, I’m a friend of Donna's. You will be just fine,” Carmelita said to Han Shuo before she walked to the front of the airship and sat down on a seat meant for her alone.
Han Shuo was in a daze. He looked at the dozen or so divine guards under the House of Sainte wearing cold and stern faces as well as that plump woman, now looking rather unsatisfied. Without a word, he proceeded to find a seat.
Elysium seemed infinitely vast. Even a small mountain range was around the size of Lancelot Empire’s territories. On this material plane, even the divine soul of a highgod wouldn’t be able to cover too much of a distance. If on top of that, the opponent was carefully concealing their aura, it would be even more difficult to detect and locate them.
Carmelita and her party were probably after a certain infiltrator. She went to the Third Corps looking for Erebus because she needed unique talents who understood geography and were able to infer clues from tiny details. Unfortunately, Erebus and his subordinates who had those special skills were not available. But not to give up for lost, she took Han Shuo into her search party. Han Shuo managed to understand the whole sequence of events after thinking for a moment.
Everyone on the airship was silently cultivating. Han Shuo, accustomed to loneliness and solitude, did not feel bored. He secretly observed how those midgods with outstanding strengths cultivated, hoping to learn and gain something.
Time flew by. Half a month had passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Han Shuo suddenly discovered that the airship had abruptly decreased in airspeed. When he lowered his head, he found that the airship was travelling over a mountain range filled with colorful miasmic gasses. Those miasmic gasses carried a sour, rotting smell. They should be toxic.
Gradually, the airship stopped above the mountain range. Carmelita who had been silently cultivating all along finally stood up from her seat at the front of the airship. After lowering her head to take a look at the mountain range, she softly instructed, “Alright, we have finally arrived at the Miasmic Cloud Mountain Range. Everyone get ready and disembark from the airship. Based on the information we received, those fellas are inside this mountain range. Be aware, the strange miasmic gasses in the mountain range are very troublesome. Not only do they contain all kinds of toxicity, those gasses can also restrict the observation power of your divine soul. Be extra careful.”
“Don’t worry about it, my Lady. They are all prepared for this!” the plump lady said smilingly as she withdrew a delicate medicinal bottle. She poured some lotion and applied it to her skin. The lotion formed a thin layer of membrane that completely covered her plump body.
The divine guards on the airship all did the same thing. They all applied medicinal lotion to their themselves, leaving a thin membrane on their skin. Only Carmelita did not do so as there was a naturally formed force field of destruction barely visible to the naked eye around her. The force field produced constant undulations to prevent any gas or particles from coming into contact with her skin.
Carmelita took the lead in descending into the mountain range. She suddenly called to mind about Han Shuo when she was in midair and casually instructed, “Get Bryan a bottle, lest he falls to the toxic gasses after taking just a few steps.”
It was when Carmelita’s purple figure submerged into the toxic miasmic gas below that the plump lady threw Han Shuo a medicinal bottle most unwillingly. She said, “Apply this medicine to your body. A bottle of this costs ten black crystal coins. What a steal.”
Han Shuo thanked her. He opened his hand and the medicinal bottle being thrown over flew into his palm. Soon after applying the medicinal lotion, he too had a very thin membrane formed on his skin, enveloping his body in a kind of unique barrier.
Even without using the Invincible Omen Body, Han Shuo had no fear of being assaulted by the toxic miasmic gasses. Having cultivated demonic arts to the stage that he had, Han Shuo could shut off every pore on his skin with only his mind, making him impervious to the toxic atmosphere. Even if Han Shuo was to take large, deep breaths of the toxic air, he could easily expel the toxins from his body through his pores. He only used that medicinal lotion because he did not want to attract that plump woman’s attention.
“I cannot begin to understand why her Ladyship would bring a lowgod here. Let me be clear, we will not care about the life or death of a burden like yourself. If we run into any danger, the best you can do is to run as far as you can -don’t even count on us to protect or rescue you!” the plump woman warned resentfully before descending into the mountain range. She cultivated in the energy of darkness and possessed late-stage midgod strength. It was only natural that she would look down on a puny little lowgod like Han Shuo.
One after another, the divine guards of the Sainte Family descended into the mountain range after Carmelita and that plump woman. The airship then gradually shrunk under the control of a divine guard.
Han Shuo let out a soft laughter. He became rather interested with the situation of the miasmic mountain range beneath him. Han Shuo too descended into the mountain range before the airship started to shrink. When he landed, he discovered that all the divine guards were sticking closely behind Carmelita. They looked cautious and were carefully observing their surroundings.
As the miasmic gas was everywhere, their visions were limited. The farthest any of them could see was less than a hundred meters. Anything further than that was hardly visible. Even Han Shuo who had cultivated in demonic arts for so many years could only clearly take in things three hundred meters away from him.