Sky Fall Legend 98 Divine Awareness Obtained 1

At the same luxuriously decorated hotel where Jodye and company were lodged, an elder sat with a middle-aged man and a teenage boy in a s.p.a.cious suite discussing something important behind a sound isolation barrier. These two older men wore regular black robes, but the young negus boy's silver brocade robes were obviously of vibrant quality.

"Do we really need to go through all of this trouble?" asked the teenage boy.

"It will be well worth it, just you wait and see," was the response of the handsome middle-aged man.

Several miles away at a hotel owned by the same personage and called Silver Brooks Inn, there were three elders in a far smaller private room secretly watching the trio through a surveillance crystal ball. These elders were wearing all white brocade robes that were full of runes and magical snake patterns while sitting at a table observing the room that Sigma Octanis and the other two were in. Due to the isolation barrier, they were unable to hear anything, but they could see the scene clearly.

"This Sigma is a veritable problem. Our operation is at risk now that he and that negus brat are involved, but the others seem to trust him more than us!" spoke a heavy set elder with a husky voice. "Let me do the deed, I need to prove my rank! Just as well, here's the perfect opportunity."

"Do not speak rashly, you will only embarra.s.s yourself!" spoke another short and ugly old man with missing teeth. "This man Sigma Octanis is not to be trifled with easily! Our cultivation levels may be similar, but he has the most exquisite spellcasting ability in the south. I would likely need the mystic wand boss lent us to defeat him, and even Garuda would need to pay a price."

If Sigma were here he would easily recognize the ugly old man as Roger Flankz, one of the Vice-Sect Masters of White Serpent Cove!

"It would be a great waste to use such a top cla.s.s artifact on a mere worm such as Octanis. His strength is not that scary, I think," said a robust man with a white serpent tattoo on his left eye. This was none other than Garuda, another Vice-Sect Master for White Serpent Cove, "You take Hugo and make sure we have a tight hold on Neofrost's leash for cooperation. Remember, we can glamour the hotty, as she's merely a concubine of that Lord Krimi Nile. The Pharaoh would not bother about here if the price was too much. Even that Warlord Krimi Nile would not go to war over a mere tainted concubine, plus how would he even know given his current circ.u.mstances? Hahaha… but remember, do not to touch the little girl! There is a treasure on her that can eradicate the soul of anyone below the elite level, maybe even higher than that! I can't be sure. Regardless, her father would surely be alerted once harm befalls her."

"Ah… about this, brother," said Roger Flankz while sounding hesitant and tepid, "I received an intelligence report during the earlier meeting. It was not very favorable, so I did not wish to tell you at that time."

"Excuse me? What unfavorable report, spit it out!" screamed Garuda.

"The men already did the very thing you just asked us to prevent. They tried to glamour the little girl, but now their lifeless corpses float in the river. We're not sure how they were killed at all. Also… well, we still have the woman under our full control. The glamour works very well on her. In fact, she gets very frisky," said Roger a little absentmindedly, but he quickly straightened out his face when he felt Garuda's glare, "As I was saying the woman is fine. But as for the girl, River, she has escaped for a full day now."

"What?!" Garuda suddenly stood up in a fury, his chair reduced to ashes the instant his qi momentum rose. Did they lose the girl over a day ago? The mother could be disposed of if necessary, but the girl was the only one they were never supposed to lose! She was their trump card against the pharaoh, the card they used to control Neofrost. Garuda didn't believe that Neofrost would attack even if his mother was tainted. However, that was only under the pre-condition that River Nile was in his custody untouched! The Sect Master would definitely murder Garuda if he knew River was lost. Garuda bellowed at the other two men at the top of his lungs, "Get all the men on the streets! We have to find that little b.i.t.c.h before she finds Neofrost! Who knows if she had a hidden method? Move the f.u.c.k out now, what are you dumba.s.ses doing?!"

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Meanwhile,

[Emergency Contract Summon: Twilight Sphinx]

[Name: Eureka Goldwolf]

[Summon Status: Infant Stage - Spirit Bound]

[Summon Time: undefined]

River Nile was terrified and shivering, thinking that she was about to be burned to a crisp in the next few seconds. However, after waiting for a few breaths and not feeling the expected heat, River was baffled. There was nothing hot but rather a calm and cooling wind on her back. River's fear subsided a bit as the shock from feeling the opposite of what she expected prompted her to lift her little head which had been buried in Jodye's bosom. What she saw left her in a daze.

"So… pretty…" River exclaimed softly, her little hands covering her mouth in amazement.

"Man, I truly possess the luck of the stars," sighed Jodye Trill in relief as he stroked the furry head of his Twilight Sphinx cub, who had just walked over adorably to cuddle with him. Jodye and River were covered by a serene ice sh.e.l.l that glowed resplendently in three different colors; pink, purple, and silver. The sh.e.l.l had a three-meter diameter with Jodye as the center. The scarlet-blue flame curtain in contrast with the pink, purple, and silver serenity ice sh.e.l.l left quite the visual impact. The seemingly extreme heat from the dragon breath of the eighth level Vicious Red-scaled Fire Lizard could do absolutely nothing in the face of this serene ice sh.e.l.l. There wasn't even a single drop of melted ice or perspiration. The dome was solid as an ice rock.

Jodye was thrilled, as he had clearly just escaped death by magical fire. He simply wouldn't fear regular fire, but was this a regular fire? No, this was a fire backed by dragon force. Its strength was totally abnormal. "The aura Eureka is releasing right now is more powerful than that Trickster we saw when I first found her… though not by much. Is this the strength of an infant-level origin G.o.d beast? Sheesh… how scary… I wonder what rank her bloodline has reached?"

Bloodlines were still something Jodye didn't fully understand. Though he thought like this, Jodye was secretly relieved. Thanks to the [Cosmos Revolving Grimoire], the spirit-bound Eureka answered the summons of his heart at the last moment and turned his situation around. After all, Jodye's death would mean Eureka died as well. How could she let him be spit-roasted by the dragon's breath? Without wasting another second, Jodye activated his other source artifact [Pharaoh's Law], which manifested on his head. He instantly felt his mind turn much more composed, and his anxiety melted away.

"Greetings, Host! That was a close call, LOL!" came the robotic voice of Trippy, instantly stressing Jodye out.

"Is something wrong, Trippy?" Jodye sent his thought. After all, Trippy would never speak to him randomly, only if there was something important it needed to communicate. These things were usually directly related to his thoughts or mentality towards certain subjects. The artifact spirit would often speak up to stop him from going astray.

"This artifact spirit has detected a weak true dragon bloodline in the vicinity. Although this bloodline is not very powerful, the host is also extremely weak and feeble! LOL!" giggled Trippy, in a weird way that seemed like a failed attempt at emotion. Trippy was seemingly growing more personality, but Jodye wasn't so sure he liked its personality at all. Trippy continued, "Ingesting the diluted dragon blood will be the best tonic at host's current level!"

"What is the benefit of consuming this blood again?" asked Jodye Trill via telepathy, as he sized up the eighth level Red-scaled Fire Lizard. "So this thing indeed had some dragon blood in its veins, huh?"

"What a great question, Host! Lol. I'll answer you!" responded Trippy. Jodye wasn't sure whether or not this was sarcasm, as the tone made it impossible to accurately read any emotion at all. "Host has the bloodline of the Primal Dragon Clan! However, currently, the host has condensed only two drops of primal dragon essence. This isn't even the equivalent to a gold rank one bloodline! However, by consuming other true dragon bloodlines, the host can increase the production of primal dragon essence. With a Volos bloodline at 15%, the host can condense only eight more drops of primal dragon essence! This strength the equivalent to a gold rank one bloodline, or a silver rank five bloodline, or a bronze rank eight bloodlines! However, once host consumes true dragon blood, the Volos bloodline within the host can be enhanced from 15% to nearly 21%!"

Jodye felt his head aching. What was all this about bloodlines again? Bronze, Silver, and Gold ranks? What did they represent?

"I'll answer you, host! - Access denied. " said Trippy in its childish but robotic voice, however, it's voice then turned totally mechanical for an instant before returning to normal, "Oops! Weird. Sorry host, it looks like I can't answer you after all!"

Jodye was annoyed, "So should I just… drink its blood then?"

"I suggest that host just eats the whole being! Sounds scrumptious, lol!" Responded Trippy, "Also, this artifact spirit can extract the true dragon blood essence from this creature and help the host refine it directly! However, consuming its flesh is also good for the host!"

Jodye and Trippy continued their conversation at three times the speed of real-time. Still, this telepathic conversation between Jodye and his source artifact spirit took less then a breathe's time. There was still a world of blue-scarlet fire outside of the sh.e.l.l of pink, purple, and silver ice. At this moment the ouroboros on the cover of the [Cosmos Revolving Grimoire] lit up with purple light, which shot into Jodye's head like a laser.

Jodye Trill's eyes brightened with the light of intelligence. The heavenly grimoire had just given him new information! If he were to subjugate this beast with the [Cosmos Revolving Grimoire], instead of killing it and eating it, then the heavenly grimoire would be able to strip its entire being on a molecular level and reform it into a beast slave. By doing so, the blood essence would be extracted as well as the nutrients in its flesh. All of which becoming benefits transferred into Jodye's body. This was simply a fantastic application of the summoner function that Jodye had nearly forgotten about. The grimoire had explained this to him back when he first met Eureka, but it had done so in far less detail.

In simpler terms, Jodye had the option of a blood contract or a slave contract. The blood contract would last until Jodye died, or the beast soul overpowered his own soul. This was less than ideal, as in Jodye's opinion there was no point in contracting a beast that was weaker than himself. Eureka was an exception because she had already recognized Jodye as her closest kin. She wouldn't betray him.

Besides, when given the option Jodye couldn't bear to devour her.

After all, the slave contract would completely dominate and devour the targeted creature and bind him to Jodye's soul and lifeblood. If Jodye died, his beast slaves would die with him. How could they stand to see him die if this was the case? Of course, Eureka chose to spirit-bind herself to Jodye anyway. Like this, she wasn't much different from a beast slave. The only difference was that Eureka remained her natural self, not having to endure the pain of demise and rebirth.

Sylvester told him before, the benefits of enslaving were intense. Subduing a beast with this method was the equivalent to devouring its old life to strengthen himself while binding its soul to work as Jodye's protector. However, this process was not instant, the amount of time it took to complete depended both on Jodye's cultivation level and the level of the beast being contracted. After being enslaved, the creature would have its potential unleashed. From a certain point of view, Jodye was giving the beast slave an all new life full of glory. Had Eureka been refined in this way, her strength would be far greater. However, she may not have even completed her rebirth yet. After all, Eureka was a genuine origin G.o.d beast.