Chapter 151 The Master of the Hand
In the dark castle bedroom, the black-haired man sitting on the bed suddenly fell down. His hands were cut off by a sharp sword, dripping with bright red blood, and half of his face seemed to be burnt, emitting black smoke.
"king!"
The attendant stepped forward in horror, at a loss as to what to do when faced with the injured man.
"Shut up!" The black-haired man had a sinister look on his face and cold eyes. He endured the pain and released the power of darkness. A black mist covered the bleeding severed wrist, and a moment later, a new hand grew out.
Seeing this, the servant's eyes flashed with surprise. He stepped aside and stood quietly, not daring to disturb his master again.
After recovering his hands, the black-haired man stroked the right side of his face that was burned by light magic.
Black mist emerged from the fingertips, covering the burned area. It took longer than it took to heal the burns on the face.
The servant waited quietly for a long time, and only when he saw the black-haired man stand up did he dare to step forward to pick up the blood-stained sheets.
"Saen—"
The black-haired man called out softly, and a ball of black mist instantly appeared in the room and condensed into a human.
"My king, you summoned me?" The young man called Saen knelt on one knee respectfully and saluted the black-haired man.
The servant held the bed sheet, lowered his head and quickly left the king's bedroom, closing the door carefully.
Sarn smelled the blood in the air, frowned, and asked, "King, who hurt you?"
The black-haired man walked to the table beside the fireplace, picked up the bottle and poured himself a glass of wine. He raised the corner of his mouth and said sinisterly: "A little goblin."
This little elf is no ordinary person, as he possesses light magic that can hurt him.
However, the little elf who can be protected by the Elf King is unique in himself.
"Little goblin?" Saan asked, still kneeling on the ground, confused. "Your power is unparalleled. How could a mere goblin hurt you?"
The black-haired man took a sip of wine and said calmly, "This human body can only exert one tenth of my strength."
Sarn gritted his teeth and said, "If the God of Light and the Elf King hadn't sealed the gates to Hell, you wouldn't have to be restricted by the human body."
The black-haired man returned to the made bed, holding the wine glass, leaned lazily against the pillow, squinting at the young man kneeling on the ground.
"How's the task I asked you to do going?"
Sarn bowed his head apologetically: "...Although we conquered the royal city of Pedam, we did not find the Sword of Eterno."
The Sword of Eterno is one of the five legendary magic swords. It originally belonged to the Snow Kingdom in the north. After Princess Anrina married the prince of Pedam, she brought the Sword of Eterno with her, which became the symbol of Pedam.
However, when the Black Knights captured the royal city of Pedam, they only saw the bodies of the king and queen who had died for their country. The whereabouts of the Sword of Itno were unknown, and they searched the entire palace but could not find any trace of it.
Upon hearing this, the black-haired man ruthlessly threw the wine glass in his hand.
The wine glass hit Saen's head, breaking his forehead. Blood and wine mixed together and flowed down. He knelt on the ground with his back straight, motionless, letting the mixture of wine and blood stain his clothes.
"Please forgive my incompetence, Your Majesty." He said respectfully.
The black-haired man sarcastically said, "It took you more than ten years to conquer a small country, but you didn't even find the most important Sword of Itno. You are really capable!"
"Please calm your anger, Your Majesty... Although Pedam is only a small country, Queen Anrina brought many powerful swordsmen and magicians from the Snow Kingdom. They are the reason why we have been unable to conquer it for so long," said Saen. "However, we have already traced the whereabouts of Pedam's prince and princess. If we find them, we will definitely find the Sword of Eterno."
The black-haired man sneered: "This is the second time I've heard this."
Sarn bowed his head in shame.
The last time was fifteen years ago, when Prince Seleu escaped and the Black Knight chased him all the way into the Fairy Forest, where he suffered heavy losses.
"I've waited too long." said the black-haired man.
In order to leave hell, he took advantage of human greed and launched a forbidden technique to lead a wisp of his soul from hell to the human world and become a human.
The human body allowed him to regain his freedom, but it also restricted his power, forcing him to follow the rules of the human world.
If it were his Hell Legion, why would it take more than ten years to conquer the small country of Pedam?
"How are my dear nephew and niece doing now?" asked the black-haired man.
Sarn immediately replied, "Prince Seleu is still studying magic and swordsmanship in the Atrium, while Princess Cecil has remained in the Dalia Empire."
"Really?" the black-haired man whispered, "If I remember correctly, the Sword of Boshug is in the hands of the Queen of the Dalia Empire?"
"Yes, the Sword of Bershug is part of Queen Helati's dowry." Saen replied.
The Sword of Carlos, the Sword of Itno, the Sword of Boshug, the Sword of Viona, and the Sword of Alas, known as the Five Great Demonic Swords of the Austin Continent, are magical swords bestowed upon the human race by the God of Light tens of thousands of years ago.
Although the Five Swords belong to the Bright Light camp, they are also the key to opening the gates of hell. As long as the five swords are gathered together, they can cut through the gates of hell and let darkness return to the human world.
The noble God of Darkness, Miroka Hodhe, spent ten thousand years to break the seal of the God of Light and the Elf King, and was finally born into the human world in the body of a human.
As the younger brother of King Cecilia, he launched a coup d'état fifteen years ago, killed his brother and took the throne.
Unfortunately, Princess Circe and Prince Seleu escaped.
The whereabouts of the Sword of Carlos is also unknown.
The black-haired man, the current King of Cecilia (Ku) Denton Trick, yawned and closed his eyes to doze off.
"Saen, don't keep me waiting too long."
The words were full of warnings and threats.
"Yes, King!" Saen crossed his hands in front of his chest, bowed deeply, and turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared.
Denton Trick tapped the pillow with his fingers.
The power he once left in the Temple of the God of Fire was destroyed by a tiny goblin.
***
Shu Li had no idea that one of his light balls had hurt the God of Darkness. At this moment, he was worried about a problem.
He was very happy to find the Fire Spirit, buy one get one free, and also got an extra greedy little monster.
But how should he get them out now?
After reuniting with the mother tree, he briefly told her about his adventures in the underground palace, and the mother tree was very surprised.
"I'm so glad you returned safely."
"Yes, thanks to the Fire God, I not only returned safely, but also found the Fire Spirit."
Shu Li did not tell the mother tree what the God of Fire had said to him, nor the accident that happened during the transmission process.
The main reason was that this matter was full of uncertainty, and he wanted to return to the Elf Kingdom and personally ask the Elf King for confirmation.
Farm circled around a few tree roots. "Are these the roots of the Elven Mother Tree? Amazing! They've grown across half of the Austin Continent and into the Golgar Desert."
The Temple of Eddas lies nearly a thousand meters underground. For thousands of years, no adventurer has been able to find its exact location. Unexpectedly, a small goblin, using the roots of the Elven Mother Tree, traveled through the ground and arrived here.
The Fire Spirit waited until Shu Li finished communicating with the Mother Tree, then smiled and greeted the Mother Tree: "Oenomisis, it's been a long time."
The mother tree moved its roots and responded, "Sharo, you have been missing for ten thousand years. It turns out you have been in the Temple of Eddas."
"Yes, I will follow the instructions of the Lord God of Fire and protect the temple." The Fire Spirit nodded.
"And me, and me!" Farm flapped his bat wings to show his importance.
"Farm is still the same." There was a hint of smile in the mother tree's voice.
"Yes, I have always been myself." Farm could not understand the hidden meaning of the mother tree, and waved his short and fat forelimbs proudly.
Shu Li coughed twice and reminded, "Um... I can enter the root space of the mother tree. How are you going to leave?"
Farm flicked his tail and said, "Isn't this easy? Don't you have the Seal of the God of Fire? We can just go in."
Shu Li looked down at the back of his right hand, and a flame totem appeared in his mind. "Go in?"
After he became smaller, the fire totem also became smaller. The fire elf and Falm were so big, where could they fit in?
The Fire Spirit said, "You possess the Seal of the Fire God, and thus have gained the ability to drive us. Whatever you desire in your heart can be realized."
What are you thinking?
Is it the same as the teleportation array?
So Shu Li tried to pray silently, inviting the Fire Spirit and Farm to enter the Seal of the God of Fire.
As soon as the silent recitation ended, the flame totem on the back of his hand lit up and sucked in the Fire Spirit and Farm.
Shu Li smacked his lips.
And...it's really convenient!
[Oenomisis, let's go!]
It's just past midnight now, there's still time to go to Wanaku and steal fruit number three.
Shu Li flapped its wings and drilled into the roots of the mother tree, and the roots retreated out of the gap in the palace wall.
Suddenly, there was a loud "boom" sound coming from underground.
[What sound?] Shu Li was startled.
"The Temple of Edas has activated its defensive magic," said the Mother Tree.
Shu Li remembered the words of the Fire Spirit and breathed a sigh of relief.
[Oenomisis, before I leave, I want to leave something at the bottom of the lake.]
To prevent the adventurers from making a wasted trip, he decided to split half of the Sun Crystals and hide them at the bottom of the lake. If the White Mage was lucky, he would be able to find them.
This can also be considered as a way to thank them for "leading the way".
After all, without them, it would be difficult for him to find the correct location of the Temple of Eddas, let alone find the Fire Spirit.
Among the members of the adventure team, he only knew that the white magician needed the Sun Crystal, and as for the others, he didn't care so much.
"Okay," the mother tree replied.
After spending some time hiding the Crystal of the Sun at the bottom of the lake, Shu Li instantly teleported to Wanaku through the well-developed root system of the mother tree.
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