Chapter 329 - Penance in a Pendant (2/2)

”Only Ninety-Seven?” asked Aegin.

”What do you mean only?” asked Yashi, ”That number took him nearly then ten thousand years to reach”.

Aegin frowned, ”Why?”

”Anthrite is called the Metal of Justice. This is because when it senses an individual that has stolen power from something else, it cuts off that individual's access to the stolen power. It's why it's so deadly to the Chaos Races who must take power from something or someone else in order to survive. In comparison, Evanine a vessel for external mist, in other words, it's very nature it to take power that was not originally its own. Two opposing forces like that cannot exist together to any productive function. Ridgeland found a way around it though. He found that if one applies enough heat to the two together, they are forced to interact with each other in order to prevent themselves from being fully extinguished”.

”You make it sound like they're living,” Aegin stated.

”Everything that the Mist touches is living in some way,” said Yashi.

”So, he found a hot enough flame?” Aegin asked.

Yashi nodded, ”Dragon Flame. A Dragon Flame that was stored and stoked in a Dragon's belly for a thousand years. Ridgeland stored every flame himself. And no other Dragon could match his self-control”.

”So, you're saying it would be impossible to Forge a Named Blade without a Dragon's Flame that's been stored for a thousand years?” asked Aegin.

Yashi shrugged, ”It's the only method I've heard of. But all Blacksmiths have trade secrets. I'm sure Ridgeland was hiding something else”.

Aegin sighed. Pocketing Yashi's Vessel, ”How did you become a Djinn, Yashi?”

Yashi frowned, ”I assume I wished for it”.

”You assume?” asked Aegin.

Yashi shrugged, looking somewhat uncomfortable, ”The only way to become a Djinn is to wish for it…but the price is always your life. You give up your body, your personality, your memories, and in return you become an all-powerful Djinn. The old Djinn in turn takes your place as a human”.

”So, you don't remember what you were like before?” asked Aegin.

Yashi shook his head, ”I never will either. Though I'd like to think that if this is what I wished for, it was worth it”.

Aegin nodded, ”I'll keep your Vessel safe, Yashi, you have my word. I might even repair it if I can find a way…but in return you'll answer any questions I ask and do as I say”.

Yashi sighed, ”Do you know what the downside is to have a Master who's not Human?”

Aegin raised an eyebrow.

”I'm never envious of them, just like you don't thirst for my blood”.

Yashi disappeared back into his Vessel.