Chapter 253
hen a black snake-shaped rune flashed on its surface and the door opened itself quickly.
Angele entered the room whereas it was just a tiny bedroom. A white wooden bed was placed in the corner. There were several gears hanging on the wall as the decoration.
There were also a red table and a chair in the middle. Two large black cases were left beside the table.
Angele noticed that there was a window on the wall opposite to him.
The gla.s.s of the window was made of a special crystal and it would not be damaged easily.
Angele walked to the window and looked down.
There was a narrow river running down the forest.
There was no carriage moving between the trees. The area was probably not populated due to the dangerous beast living in the mountains.
"Nothing interesting." He sighed.
A group of blue flying snakes went pa.s.sed the window. They had long, slim tails and large s.h.i.+ny wings.
Angele noticed that there was an elephant-sized golden lion drinking water from the river and two small lions running around behind it.
There was also a herd of yellow elks moving between the trees. The male elks had gray backs and enormous antlers that had the similar size as their bodies.
*WOO*
The noise sounded like someone was blowing a horn.
It was a beast roaring in the forest, its voice deep but gentle.
Angele stood in front of the crystal window for a while and turned around. He started to check the large cases beside the table.
*Click*
The first case was opened slowly.
A black shadow swung its wings and jumped out of the case. The shadow flew around in the room then landed on Angele’s right shoulder.
It was a black night sparrow with four wings. The bird had a pair of dark red eyes; it was cleaning its feathers with its beak.
There were also dozens of black metal bottles inside the case and their sizes varied. White labels were stuck on the surface of the bottles.
Angele closed the first case and opened the second one.
*KA*
The case was full of different potions and test tubes.
Golden liquid, red liquid, silver liquid, yellow dust, and brown pills…
Dozens of test tubes lined up on a large wooden rack and they were all made of vulcanized crystal.
The one in the center looked different. It was filled with red sticky liquid and was glowing.
"The essence of the mutated Barry Turtle…" Angele grabbed the test tube and shook it several times.
It was a byproduct of the ancient bloodline. Angele did not want to leave it in Nola, so he removed all the traces left by the ancient bloodline extraction before leaving the territory, including the two white centaurs.
The essence could be injected into creatures and make them mutate. It was a much safer method to use but its resulting effects were weaker.
Angele decided not to use it on himself as there might be conflicts between the two ancient bloodlines. In addition to that, the side-effect of the essence might also decrease his attributes.
He grabbed the two test tubes with brown pills inside after checking all the items.
Angele removed the stopper and threw a pill into his mouth, swallowing it right away.
It was tasteless, but he soon felt satiated.
"There’s no cook on this boat…d.a.m.n, I hate these nutrition pills…" He shook his head and stood up.
There was a critical problem that needed to be dealt with immediately.
A ‘captain’ for the three airs.h.i.+ps was needed to be selected in order to determine who would be in charge of navigating direction and pace. The leader would also be given a crystal amulet that could be used to control all three airs.h.i.+ps.
The rare materials that could release energy waves would be collected after the fights. Once that happened, the leader would be able to decide how to split the reward.
Furthermore, the special amulet could expel a wizard from a certain airs.h.i.+p when necessary.
However, the crystal amulet would be activated only when the three pieces of crystal runes from the three airs.h.i.+ps were a.s.sembled.
There would be a fight between the captains soon or later.
The amulet was the symbol of power in the whole team. It could cause great tragedy once acquired by the wrong person, and that was the reason why the governing wizards forged the crystal runes. Similarly, the wizards on the boat were all qualified to join the fight for the amulet. The captains would hand the crystal runes to the winner along with the amulet.
The trip was dangerous, and the leader must be strong enough to rule the wizards.
It was much safer when the symbol of rights was controlled by just one person.
The organization did not appoint a leader because they wanted the members to figure it out by themselves.
Since the airs.h.i.+ps had left the region, wizards were no longer under the jurisdiction of the laws of Nola and so, wizards might die during the compet.i.tion. It was no problem as the airs.h.i.+ps were equipped with the best medical facilities, so most injuries could be healed quickly. The wizards, after all, would do anything just to obtain the amulet.
"The fight will start before we encounter the Cloud Bees," Angele muttered. He did not want others to control his destiny. The airs.h.i.+ps were about one thousand meters above the earth and being expelled from the boat would be the worst outcome in the trip.
Angele had already decided to join in the fight for the possession of the amulet. He himself knew that most of the wizards would not let this chance slide.
‘Sadly, not all wizards here are releasing their mentality waves.’ That was the main problem Angele was facing. Without the information on the mentality waves, Zero would not be able to tell him which stage his opponent was at. He had to find it out by himself during the fight.