novelraw Chapter 440 - 230: Giant Merchant Ship
Chapter 440 - 230: Giant Merchant Ship
Orange glow.
Alka stared at the orange glow on the map, feeling a bit perplexed.
This was a treasure glow he had never seen before. He hadn’t thought that there would be a new color above the gold glow. He believed the gold glow already represented all treasures.
The orange pillar of light was thicker than the golden one. If the golden glow felt dazzling, then the orange glow was surging.
If gold represents treasure... and there are other colors above it... then, could this be a treasure surpassing the Holy Grail Level? This was the only explanation Alka could think of. After all, all the treasures represented by the gold glow he had seen so far were all Holy Grail Level treasures. He hadn’t seen anything above the Holy Grail Level.
It was known that beyond the Holy Grail Level there were higher-level artifacts, like the Scepter Level.
Now seeing a glow he had never encountered, it was very likely that this glow represented a higher-level treasure. So what could this orange glow represent? He hadn’t expected to find a treasure-laden area on the first island he visited in the Endless Sea. And it was a higher-level treasure he had never seen before.
Seeing the orange glow, Alka calmed his slightly excited heart. Regardless of whether it was a higher-level treasure or not, a different glow brought more possibilities.
He took a few deep breaths.
"What’s the matter, Alka?" asked Chadite curiously from the side. Clearly, Alka’s current emotional state seemed a bit off.
Alka sat down on a bench with the map in his hand and waved his hand, saying, "No problem, just thinking this map might bring me a good find."
"Is that so? Then it seems this island really has a treasure buried," Chadite said with a smile, suspecting nothing. He then left Alka to examine the map without further disturbance and went to find Julia and the others.
Alka focused quietly on the map in his hand.
After quite a while, he rose and entered the room. This room was originally prepared for Pororo, but Pororo evidently had different sleep needs from the others. It seemed he was now in the sea. After spending over ten hours on land during the day, he hadn’t touched the sea for even a moment, which made him uncomfortable.
Fortunately, even at night, the path to the port was still patrolled by Hunters, making it evidently not a dangerous place.
Sitting on the bed, Alka took a few deep breaths and, with slightly trembling hands, touched the orange beam on the map. He wanted to know. What exactly did this orange pillar represent?
Just as he was about to click, his hand hovered in the air. He suddenly realized the orange pillar was in a location with Chadite’s highlight marked on it. Looking closely, he saw that this location was a ruin. It was labeled: Parshwa Temple.
Yes, it was precisely the place they were transported to, an underground space, because Lucilia had chanted this temple’s name. Alka hadn’t expected this orange glow to be there? Right in the place they had only recently stayed. Was this destiny? he couldn’t help but think.
He didn’t hesitate any longer and heavily pressed on the map. As he clicked, the glow from the orange pillar dimmed greatly, and then the treasure information appeared.
[Heart of Vastwa]
[Difficulty: Power of Four-Parts (Third Stage)]
[Fame: 126,000]
[Treasure Information: City-state Vastva, the Ancient City, worshipped the Ancient Secret God Four-Parts and was also known as the City of Change. Parshwa Temple is the core of the city-state. Here lies buried the city’s heart, the eternally beating heart.]
It had a specific name, ’Heart of Vastwa’, so Alka still didn’t know the general classification for treasures that emitted an orange glow. Just as white dots were called [Ordinary Treasures], blue dots were known as [Magic Treasures], and golden glows signified [Hidden Treasures]. Alka also wondered what this unprecedented orange glow category would be called. Now, the opportunity to find out would have to wait for next time.
The difficulty was Power of Four-Parts. Four-Parts, judging from the context, was the name of the Divine Lucilia had mentioned earlier. It couldn’t mean he would gain Divine Power, could it? That would be too outrageous. But thinking about it seriously, this orange treasure must have been the most important item at the core of the city-state; plausibly, it was only accessible by acquiring Divine Power.
Furthermore, it required reaching the Third Stage. This was too far a distance for Alka and his companions. Alka himself had only just reached the Second Stage, Four Spirals. To reach the Third Stage, he would have to raise his strength to Ten Spirals. Moreover, there was no clear indication of how much strength was needed within the Third Stage. If there were intermediate thresholds to meet, it might require a strength of over ten, possibly even twenty, Spirals. Too distant. Evidently, this treasure was beyond what he could attempt at his current stage.
Its Fame also reached 126,000, indicating the city’s name was very well-known. This indicated that the civilization dated back to a very ancient era. Yet, their city remained famous, and many people still knew of the treasure that shared its name. He wasn’t sure if this was because the Divine still existed, or because tales of them had spread so far and wide. As for the Treasure Information, it offered little help to their treasure hunting.