Chapter 574: The Use of the Fox Marble

"The blood of a demon!?" Adrian stated as he suddenly hugged his body.

"Do not overreact brat. Did you not know that your race's blood is a powerful magical component when it comes to creating portals to other worlds? What do you think is the main ingredient that they used when they grafted the runes in the gates?" Aurgelmir stated.

"I know that our blood is a great use in spells like other types of rare blood like dragon blood. But to think that it was our blood that is used in the other world gates." Adrian stated.

"Do not worry too much as the amount that I need is not something that will kill you…I think. You can just get back to life anyway since you have been blessed by the twin gods. Your big problem is a container that can store energy from another world.

Something that is from an existence that is from a higher plane. I can reforge that item so that all you need to do is go to a higher realm and collect energy from there. I do not have an item like that so you must find some sort of container." Aurgelmir stated as he scratched his head.

"Does this container need to be something specific?" Adrian asked.

"Not really. It just needs to be something handed down by a being of a higher existence like that floating ego cube of yours. Of course, we cannot use that as it is a weapon that you use in battle." Aurgelmir stated.

"I somehow feel something master. Is this the emotion that you living beings call 'taking offense'?" The Cube of Paradox stated as it is listening to the conversation that Aurgelmir and Adrian are having.

"Do not worry about the ramblings of an old man, Paradox. I will not let you become an ingredient in his crafting." Adrian stated which made the Cube of Paradox tremble a little as if it is embarrassed. 

"If it is an item handed down by a higher being then could this be used?" Adrian stated as he brough out the chest where the Fox Marble is kept.

"Ooh! Where do you get all this good stuff? Maybe I should commission you for some items that I need since you have things that are great for crafting. This is a Fox Marble from a heavenly fox. This should be a great item to contain the energy from another world." Aurgelmir stated.

"Why is it a perfect container?" Adrian asked as he is curious since there is nothing like a heavenly fox in his culture.

"A fox marble is a great container because it stores the energy that a heavenly fox gets from the believers of gods. Sometimes the heavenly foxes need to act as messengers of the gods, and they use their marble to store the energy needed to come back to the divine plane. It is basically made to be a container." Aurgelmir stated.

"I see but I do not know how to use it." Adrian stated as he presented the problem.

"From the looks of it, the fox marble is currently empty which means that you need to activate it yourself. You need to activate it by sending your soul inside the bead and activate it there." Aurgelmir stated.

Adrian then looked at the fox marble with great intent as he tried to enter it by sending his soul. Aurgelmir then stopped Adrian as he realized what the young demon is trying to do.

"Woah there! Do not do that here or else all the fire element from my forge will be sucked inside that fox marble if you succeed in activating it. Activate it at the area where you need to get the energy from. Do you even know where you need to get the energy from?" Aurgelmir stated as Adrian smiled.

"I think I know where I need to go. I just hope that the fox marble does not suck the area dry. The place I am going to is the origin of my powers." Adrian stated as he decided that he will collect the energy needed from the Nether Realm.

"I see but before that! I need your blood!" Aurgelmir stated as he suddenly picked up his chisel.

"You are not going to impale me with that or anything?" Adrian asked.

"Do not be such a baby. The tip of this chisel is a blood diamond which is one of the hardest materials in the mortal plane. If I used normal knife, then forget getting blood but the knife might even break if it gets in contact with your skin. Demons are almost built like dragon after all." Aurgelmir stated as he took Adrian's finger and poked it with the tip of the chisel.

"Ouch!" Adrian stated as he felt the sharpness of the chisel.

Aurgelmir then collected about a small basin worth of Adrian's blood that decreased his health until the 20% mark. He did not get surprised by this interaction, but he does feel a bit lightheaded because of losing too much blood in one seating.

"Are you not taking too much?" Adrian asked.

"This is not even half of what I need. I need two small basins more as I also need to erase some of the runes that are embedded in the Shackle of the Gods. I will collect the rest after you return from filling up that fox marble with the energy needed to craft the Shackle of the Realms." Aurgelmir stated as Adrian is just dumbstruck by what the old man said.

"You mean that much is not enough?! Are you kidding me? That amount of blood could probably revive someone from the dead if you inject it." Adrian stated in a over the top tone.

"Cute. Now go and rest before you go and collect the energy needed to complete the item. Remember that I am not even charging you the commission in creating an item like this. Stop whining and just do it." Aurgelmir stated.