Chapter 491 Twin Fetal Movements (2/2)

Gracier. Madaras.

The two magical daggers laid silently within a translucent barrier on a resplendent alchemy ritual circle on the marble table. The daggers had lost their usual splendor and were dull in appearances.

After the battle with the Duke Fiend, Rhode had suffered grave losses. All the magical equipment on him including the Zero Refining Equipment had shattered entirely perhaps due to the forced strengthening of his powers. Rhode was devastated and felt as though he had worked for so long and everything was gone in a night. But, fortunately, Marlene's lucky hands saved him and the newly obtained, god-like equipment finally made up for his regrets. Compared to them, his older equipment with Physique +1 and Nimbleness +3 was just slightly better than crap… And Rhode had no intentions of using them forever.

He could give up on his older equipment, but the losses of Gracier and Madaras left him depressed.

Rhode broke away from the Duke Fiend with the two magical equipment and bought himself some time to escape, which he did successfully. Unfortunately, both of them suffered the backlash from the Duke Fiend in Rhode's attack and thereafter, Rhode discovered that his daggers had lost their usual radiance, become heavy, and the system attributes attached to them were nowhere to be seen.

This was a huge problem for Rhode. After all, not only did the two daggers saved his life, but they were also a part of the Holy Sword Card Deck. Therefore, Rhode handed them over to Lapis with hopes that she could 'resurrect' them with her knowledge.

”I've tried to repair them, but strangely, there isn't any sign of damage on them at all. Besides, I couldn't figure out what materials they were made of. I reckoned that it was due to the weakening of the magical powers contained in them. But as I try to force some magical powers into them, I realized that they seemed to be rejecting the magical powers, as though…” Lapis hesitated for a moment as she was finding an appropriate explanation. ”… two humans on the brink of death who can't feed themselves with food anymore.”

”…” the corner of Rhode's eyes twitched. ”Is there any other way?

”I'm trying, Sir. But… these two daggers are so strange that I have never seen any similar records of them in the entire knowledge of the Behermes Family. Where did you get them from? They don't look like they were forged. This is unbelievable…”

Rhode shook his head and he didn't answer to Lapis' question. Instead, he stretched out his hand to touch the daggers tenderly.

The ice-cold sensation was as similar as corpses. Rhode had never felt this from them before. Or perhaps, this was his first time experiencing it. These two weapons were alive. He could even sense their weak pulsations like the weak heart of a dying patient suffering from a serious illness.

What should I do next?

Rhode had no ideas while Lapis had no solutions. Lapis was the heir to the Behermes Family and if she couldn't rescue them, Rhode wouldn't feel hopeful even if he brought them to the Alchemist Association.

But… Am I just gonna look at them 'die' slowly?

—!

As this thought emerged in his mind, something inside his body jumped suddenly. Rhode widened his eyes and stared at the back of his right hand while a scarlet radiance burst out.

”This is…” Rhode narrowed his eyes at the glaring radiance and a soul-ripping pain broke out in his body. Before he could let out a shriek, his vision darkened and he lost his consciousness entirely.