novelraw Chapter 515 - 505: Old Guard
Chapter 515 - 505: Old Guard
[Why do these Elemental Spirits seem like they’re enchanted?]
[Such large-scale enchantment, what kind of ability is this?]
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[The favor of the Elemental Spirits? Rubbish! I’ve seen that thing before, can it really have such an effect?]
...
[Boss, I’m not insulting you; I’m just too shocked...]
[Wait, Boss... don’t... don’t pull... ow ow ow!]
...
The Yellow-covered Book’s pages curled around the half-torn page, rubbing it.
Since it wasn’t completely torn off, it’s just a small sting.
"You said you’ve seen this talent?" Lin Jun asked through the Little Pig.
[Yes, yes]
[It’s the kind of talent that slightly amplifies spells, making Elemental Spirits less likely to attack actively.]
[It’s somewhat useful, but it’s completely different from this!]
"So what do you think causes the difference?"
[Maybe this woman has something special about her?]
The Yellow-covered Book also looked uncertain.
What’s special about Pink Puki?
If we must say, it might be that her mother is suspected to have some Enchanting Demon bloodline...
It’s said "some," because if Pink Puki’s mother were an Enchanting Demon, she would certainly show obvious Enchanting Demon traits.
In reality, besides her rare pink hair and eye color, Inanna isn’t much different from others.
Most importantly, the panel shows she’s human.
This indicates that she primarily has human bloodline.
The biggest possibility is that her mother is a half-demon with both human and Enchanting Demon bloodline.
However, this doesn’t explain why her "favor of the Elemental Spirits" effect is so strong.
The enchantment of an Enchanting Demon doesn’t work at all on Elemental Spirits, so having Enchanting Demon blood shouldn’t have any bonus on this talent.
But Lin Jun wasn’t really eager to solve this problem.
If the answer was within reach, Lin Jun certainly wouldn’t mind satisfying his curiosity.
Yet, to deliberately play a series of complex detective games for this, forget it.
Finding out might not bring any benefits, and with so many things to handle now, Pink Puki is just fine, as long as she works.
Pink Puki is indeed very useful!
Just by standing out, Pink Proud Sky made those Cold Spirits, who usually resist the Puki desperately, grovel like sycophants, bending without any dignity.
Lin Jun watched with great envy...
Yet there is still one problem—will the Elemental Lord be affected?
The Elemental Lord is now inside the massive spiral structure taking up one-fifth of the ruins.
The internal structure is complex, with many High Tier Cold Spirits, the temperature reaching extreme lows.
The Scout Puki can’t withstand extreme cold for long unless heated, but once heated, the temperature-sensitive Cold Spirits quickly notice the Scout Puki, leaving Lin Jun never having seen the real appearance of the Elemental Lord.
But one thing is certain.
The Elemental Lord in the ruins shouldn’t be a giant monster like the Storm Elemental Lord.
To ensure safety, Lin Jun arranged a lavish guard for Pink Puki.
Norris leads the whole Jida team for close protection, flanked by No. 10 and just-renovated No. 4.
The Little Pig follows with an Elite Puki Master team, ready to sacrifice Puki to summon the mighty Beast Puki if necessary.
With such an arrangement, unless Pink is instantly killed, she shouldn’t die.
If she still dies like this... then perhaps destiny has it so.
Then, Lin Jun could reluctantly take up the heavy task and become the second-generation Elemental Enchanting Demon.
...
Meanwhile, in the Empire, Urbik territory.
This is a count’s domain composed of a castle and three surrounding cities, ruled by Blood Race Earl Casinar Ulbick.
Ulbick is situated in the northern Empire, but still a distance from the border.
Although the spreading cold in the north barely forms thin ice on nearby rivers, it’s far from causing Demon Race migration.
This degree of natural disaster doesn’t concern Casinar.
Having experienced the changing dynasties within the Empire twice, as an old-school Blood Race, though his power isn’t prominent, he has profound heritage.
He won’t be like some emerging nobles within the Empire, with no risk resistance ability at all.
Furthermore, his thoughts aren’t entirely focused on the territory anymore.
"Dual sets of spare constant temperature devices, repair materials for potential damage to the Teleportation Array, concentrated blood crystals, Magic Potion, Healing Potion, Blood-thirst Potion... Magic interference dust, one-way Holy Light Scroll..."
A deep voice echoed in the secret room, dry fingers passing over the prepared supplies for this action.
Earl Casinar’s steward was doing a final check of the prepared items, behind him stood several Blood Races.
They each had strengths, some were skilled in arrays, some in reconnaissance, others in hindering enemies...
Most importantly, they were Casinar’s loyal blood relatives, completely without the risk of betrayal.
He would take them to find the Blood Race treasure indicated on the treasure scroll, while the steward would guard the teleportation array here, avoiding mishaps that prevented return.
The origin of this scroll is not simple.
It originally belonged to the former Blood Race Duke, the leader of the Blood Race, Azathoth, during Lord Demon King’s reign.
Back then, Azathoth died from untreated wounds caused by that terrifying Hero, and Casinar learned about the Duke’s secret estate unexpectedly, where he found this scroll.
To be honest, he doesn’t know precisely what the treasure on this scroll is, but a scroll treasured so cautiously by the former Duke must be extraordinary.
It recorded a teleportation coordinate, which Casinar found, but by then the teleportation array was long damaged, leaving only traces proving its existence.
After the civil war between Blood Races and Werewolves, His Majesty Motis took the throne, victors redistributed the empire’s internal territories.
He took the opportunity to acquire the land near the teleportation array, now the Urbik territory.
After this, he attempted to repair the teleportation array, but the final result disappointed him.
The problem was not only here; the array on the other side was also damaged.
He should have realized this might be why the former Duke hid the scroll so deeply.
Over the centuries, he attempted to start the teleportation array multiple times; from the activation level, the array on the other side was only broken, not completely destroyed, the core framework should still be intact, with only the final confirmation part rune damaged.
Like the connection password was partially changed.
Theoretically, he could adjust the teleportation array here to attempt reconnection.
But realistically, building costs for each activation of the teleportation array were huge, even failed startups wouldn’t reduce this expense.
Initially, he almost went bankrupt...
Although every dozen years or so, he would still attempt once, but logically he almost gave up the idea, the attempts were merely obsession.
Until recently, he heard about the Foxman, Jiro, with a reputation for wisdom in the adjacent territory.
A race not acknowledged by the Empire, yet achieving fame there, in itself is a testament of capability.
Since it had been fifteen years since the last attempt to start, Casinar let the steward invite Jiro over for a conversation.
He didn’t disclose the treasure scroll, but as countless times before, extracting the part needing decryption, talking to the Foxman with a Lizardman follower, in a gambling tone.
Even if the other couldn’t provide a satisfactory answer, he would treat him with courtesy.
One of the few forthright people in the Empire, this is his public persona; thick skin and dark mind is his survival strategy.
However, what he hadn’t expected was that Foxman, that Wise Man, actually succeeded!