Novel East
Chapter 1116 Finding Something In The Deeps
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At the end, we collected roughly 56 pieces of high-quality spirit stones of various elements, some of them of the rare Darkness, Poison, Time, and Space Elements! I'll make sure to use those for my familiar evolutions. I think Glutton needed Space Attribute Spirit Stones for his big evolution, as many as I can procure.
Aside from that, we found large piles of gold, silver, mithril, and a green crystal that the system called something like "Uranium" or something. It emanated a strong, pressuring aura. But it didn't affect us negatively when we touched it, we were all strong enough to easily withstand this level of poisoning, but it might be dangerous to expose people with Physiques below Tier 3 to this. n𝚘v𝚎l𝚎as𝚝.c𝚘𝚖
Apparently this might be something the Gods brought from their world, similar to the Orichalcum. Further trying to find descriptions or info about it ended giving me a clue about an element called "Nuclear Element" this stone embodied, which I've never heard about!
"Weird, well, I'll store you away too." I let Gluttony handle it, his spatial storage could handle just about anything. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓉.𝓬𝓸𝓂
Aside from all these goodies, we got twelve orichalcum "growths" each one varying in sizes from three meters to five meters. Very big! However, Orichalcum was a metal so hard to handle not even my mother could do it easily. She said she can do something around it, but it would take her a month.
For now, the Witch of the Blue Mountain is the only one she knows that can properly process this metal without taking an eternity. It is all thanks to the techniques and abilities she mastered through the combination of alchemy and blacksmithing.
Anyways, what was important right now was what mother found. Aside from the silver tablet, there was another mysterious little thing, a golden ring with a hawk… or maybe a phoenix? Emblem on top of the ring. The entire relic emanated a strong aura of fire and light, creating the illusion of golden flames.
"This is an Ancient Relic." My mother said. "It doesn't look that impressive though, but I'll keep it for now."
"What can it do?" I asked.
"Yeah?!" Aquarina asked again too.
"Well, let's see…" My mother worn the ring and then imbued mana into it.
FLASH!
Her eyes suddenly flashed with fiery golden flames; her entire body was encompassed by it. An armor of golden fiery feathers covered her body, and then a pair of giant wings sprouted behind her. The flames shaped around her body, covering her into a full-body armor made of golden fire, with wings and an extra two pair of fiery arms, wielding fire-made weapons.
"W-Wha…?!" Celeste was left speechless.
"Auntie transformed?!" Lara gasped.
"It somehow reminds me of Zephy's aura!" Mist said.
"Amazing, so this is what a Relic can do?" I asked. "It can literally do so much by just wearing it…"
"That's right." My mother quickly took off the ring. "This must be part of the secret behind this pyramid, and perhaps a missing link between it and the phoenixes we didn't knew until now. This ring's ability seems to provide a full-body-armor transformation using Golden Phoenix Flames. It is not as strong as the authentic phoenix though, but it is much more flexible. I would say its effects are stronger than Zephy's abilities right now, but he will surpass it soon enough." She smiled confidently after stating that. "Anyways, we got a silver tablet, let's return."
We merrily made our way back to the entrance, as my mother tried to fit the tablet inside, only to find out it could only fit a third of the altar's area. It was but a piece of the whole thing.
"I see how it is…" She nodded. "Alright, to the right path now!"
We moved to the right path without further ado. In between casual chats, fighting desert insect monsters not stronger than Tier 7, and evading all sorts of simplistic traps, we landed at the end of the path. The entire place up here was as ransacked as the previous path. My mother tried to look for a hidden passage again too.
It took her a while this time though, the area where it had to be activated wasn't in the same area, and it required more than a push now. It had a protuberance on the brick with the perfect shape of the ring's phoenix.
My mother guessed it easily, wearing the ring again and then pressing the phoenix emblem side into the brick. The relic and the temple did their magic, and lo and behold, more treasure appeared before our eyes… Actually, not really. There were much less precious items here, at least a drop of around 80%.
However, there was a silver tablet and also another Relic, which my mother snatched right away. This one was a bracelet, which had the decorations depicting big, fiery wings across it. When my mother analyzed it and then wore it, an aura of golden flames appeared around her body.
She could freely manipulate the elemental magic of golden flames, but she said it drained her mana like crazy though. Aside from that, there was another function, the bracelet could create small temporary minions that disappear after a while, which will do anything you ask them to do for the next 24 hours, which is their lifespan.
"Pretty amazing." My mom nodded. "Alright, next, to the last path, the middle one!"
The middle path proved to be much more perilous, the slimes didn't "cleanse" it like with the others, so the place looked fresh and new. Traps springing from corner to corner. Monsters lurking from within the walls, attacking! …And then getting easily smacked to death.
Actually, it was kind of the same thing! It was too easy for us I guess. No challenging monsters or life-threatening situations. But I think that's fine and makes for a very relaxing trip to the end of the path.
The last "treasure room" was a literal golden gate, which both Emerald and Sunshine were shocked to see. They ran there, analyzing it and looking at its shininess, admiring the creation of the Gods with greedy eyes.
And right in front of the golden gate, two areas perfectly fit for the ring and the bracelet were located…
"I guess it all led to this."
My mother opened the gates with ease using both relics, and what awaited us inside was not just treasure though. There was a mountain of valuable shiny things everywhere. But as my mother spread the light of her magic, what we found on its depths truly frightened us.
An aura we had not felt at all before suddenly surged, slightly overwhelming us even if so slightly. A being of Tier 10 had appeared out of absolutely nowhere, resting above a giant throne of golden orichalcum, glaring at us with its crimson eyes, hiding beneath the shadows which were swiftly illuminated.
Once the shadows disappeared, what it revealed was a strange creature, half metallic bird, half person, resembling some sort of accursed centaur and phoenix hybrid. However… despite the powerful pressure, it was suffering.
Its entire body was pierced with dozens of stakes, bleeding gold constantly, their crimson eyes were weeping in agony and pain…
"It hurts… Help me… Please…"
Just what is going on in here?!
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