103 Fragile Ego (1/2)
The monastery in the State of Avalon.
At the deepest region of the monastery was a building with a large dorm. Some hundred meters ahead were dozens of antennas which were internally connected to the dome of the building.
Unless one looks carefully it was hard to know that the antennas were made of blue crystals. Even the wires connecting to the dome was made from crystalline wires.
Kurtis gave Akshobhya a slight bow after which he stepped inside the building. The stone door behind Kurtis closed.
The interior walls of the hall were covered with frescoed paintings. At the center of the hall was a blue crystal platform where Akshobhya was sitting.
Some ten feet above the platform, three blood-red cubic crystals were floating. The crystal cubes were joined together in the form of a triangle by a blue light.
Some twenty feet further above was the ceiling which was actually an oculus of the dome. The platform, the crystal cubes, and the oculus were in one line if one looks from the sky.
”You haven't given up?” Akshobhya asked.
”Can I ever give up?” Kurtis said with hate in his voice.
”Hate is the greatest enemy of living beings,” Akshobhya said in a deep voice, ”Alas, the hate has already corroded every portion of you.”
”If what I wanted was preaching, then I would be with those disciples of yours,” Kurtis continued after arriving in front of the platform, ”Nor you actually desire for me to drop my hatred, right?”
”.....”
”If there was no hatred or malice in this world then there would be no business for people like you,” Kurtis said with a bit of ridicule in his words, ”Anyways, I have already paid with a Dharma Chakra coin earlier.”
”I'm aware but what you want would cost the monastery more than the coin can pay for,” Akshobhya said ignoring the ridicule.
”Sometimes you should follow what you preach about greed,” Kurtis traced a finger on a bracelet over his right hand, ”This should satisfy your other costs.”
The bracelet flashed multiple rays of light and in the next moment, the floor was filled with multiple mutated fruits: Vermillion Fruit, Blood Revival Fruit, Essence Nourishment Fruit and a few more.
In the age of evolution, the greatest attraction for everyone was definitely power and eternal lifespan. The advancement in genetic technology has made it possible to gain more power and lifespan then what nature has blessed.
The mutated fruits, mutated herbs, and mutated beasts were the main ingredients for the manufacturing of genetical drugs.
This made flora and fauna of the evolved world in danger. While the mutated beasts were strong on their own right, they weren't as smart or technically advanced as the humans.
The greed of humans has now made the other species on the brink of extinction. The only safe havens for the endangered species was the impenetrable wilderness created by the meteorites.
While there were dozens of such safe heavens, the most resource-rich is Amazon Rain Forest. Even the World Government has very low success in the extraction of the resources from there due to the nature of the mutation in the region.
Akshobhya didn't think the fruits were from Amazon Rain Forest. The only place he could think was Desolate Blood Forest.
There was Atlantis, of course, but the members of the sea race were pretty close to each other and they would rarely allow humans to exploit their resources.
”It would be impolite to refuse your kind gesture,” Akshobhya smiled and snapped his fingers. He didn't truly care how Kurtis got the fruits.
The praying beads on his right hand twinkled and the fruits disappeared from the floor. The bracelet and the bead were created based on an alien technology originating from the supreme world.
”I hope you remember that I can't help you unless you have the source of that kid,” Akshobhya said.
”No need to remind me something so obvious,” Kurtis took out three blood pearls from his bracelets, ”These should give you the half of the source.”
Akshobhya took the blood pearls in his hand and then threw them towards the floating blood-red cubes.
Swoosh~
The blood pearls disintegrated into a mist of blood and were absorbed by the three cubes.
”That should be the blood from your children and Rebecca, right?” Akshobhya asked.
”Yes, that bastard shares half his blood with my children,” Kurtis's eyes were filled with hate, ”Rebecca is his mother so it should help you further in tracing the half source.”
”What about the other half of source?” Akshobhya asked, ”If I don't have that then it would be futile just like decades ago.”
”Obviously I have made arrangements,” Kurtis took out a small specimen glass container from the bracelet, ”This should suffice, right?”
Akshobhya was startled. He hurriedly took the container with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Inside the container was an eyeball! An eye carrying an icy shade of blue!
Akshobhya opened his third eye which was blood-red in color just like the crystal cubes. A red light manifested from his third eye and passed inside the container.
”H-How?” Akshobhya muttered in total shock after his eye has confirmed the genuineness of the eyeball, ”How can you get your hand on this?! The incident from back then should make it impossible for someone like you---”
”Am I obliged to answer?” Kurtis cut in Akshobhya's words and asked.
”Of course not,” Akshobhya regained his composure, ”But do you truly wish to waste something so precious just for that kid?”
He knew how valuable the eyeball was especially when he remembered the ability of the owner of this eye.If it was normal times he would have tried to steal it and use it for his own growth.
But he didn't dare now. Not after the payment of Dharma Chakra golden coin.
He knew what would wait for him if he broke the trust after accepting the coin. Even death would be an easy outcome for betraying the cause of Dharma Chakra.
”I'm using its true value by using it now,” Kurtis coldly said.
”The fragile ego of men truly makes one stupid,” Akshobhya thought with disappointment in his heart, ”To avenge the so-called slight they would go to any extent.”