Chapter 599: A Fair Trade

"I have decided. If a necklace could help my family, then I will gladly give it up." Imiter stated as he handed the necklace to Adrian.

"You now have what you want so agree to the trade. The necklace for the safety of Imiter and his family." Lime stated as she pointed her finger towards Adrian.

"Nope." Adrian stated.

"You promised!" Lime and Imiter simultaneously shouted.

"I was just joking. You guys are too high strung and need to loosen up. Come meet me in front of that tree with your family. I can feel that they are near my territory since both of you look like you escorted someone here compared to just the two of you coming." Adrian stated as he disabled the barrier.

"Do not go back on your request!" Lime stated menacingly but Adrian just snickered as her threats do not bother him.

[You have been given the Necklace of a Loving Father.]

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Item: Necklace of a Loving Father

Tier: Mythical

Type: Accessory

Effect: 

-able to stop mental corroding attacks. (Cooldown: 1 minute)

-Makes the wearer immune to mental status ailments

-(Unknown. Cannot be appraised.)

-(Unknown. Cannot be appraised.)

Description: A necklace that was made by a loving father to his son as a lucky charm. The stone in the middle is emanating strange energy that cannot be fathomed. You somehow feel familiar with the stone even though this is the first time that you have encountered it.

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[The Mark of Cain is responding to the item that is in your hands.]

[The Mark of Cain could feel the soul fragment of Abel present inside of the item that you have on hand.]

"I guess…I was right. All I needed to do is extract the soul fragment from this necklace. The quest counter did not even rise when I got the necklace which means the fragment is sealed inside the rock." Adrian muttered to himself as he went to look for his soulbounds before heading towards the location of the meeting.

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Adrian saw his two soulbounds playing with a gem while a dark elf is panicking. It seems that the item that they are playing with is that dark elf's possession. He immediately stepped in so that his two soulbounds will not trouble the dark elf as they acted a little naughty.

"Master!" Sirius and Kanlaon both shouted as they threw the crystal upwards and scurried to Adrian's side.

The dark elf safely caught the crystal in his hands and sighed with relief. Adrian could feel that the crystal has some kind of death energy, but he does not know what death realm it came from. When Adrian focused, he could feel the death energy emanating from the crystal a bit familiar.

He could vaguely remember the energy as it was from the time that his soul was shuffling from one death realm to another. The energy felt familiar to the place where he was transported inside of a cave like death realm.

"He seems to be gifted as that is one of the far death realms. The death energy that he managed to capture is no joke, but it seems that it is a scant amount. He probably has no idea where he got it from. I should help him a little since my soulbounds bothered him." Adrian thought.

"I am sorry if the two of them are bothersome. They get really playful sometimes as they are still kids." Adrian apologized to the dark elf, and he noticed that it was actually a player upon closer inspection.

"Ah! It is no trouble because I let them play with it. I have not much luck filling it up anyways." The dark elf player stated as he sighed.

"Is it a mission of yours to fill up that crystal with some sort of energy?" Adrian asked as he wanted to make sure that it will be helpful for the dark elf player.

"It is but it is more of a class advancement mission since I need to fill this up so that I can be a candidate. It is almost too late anyway as I only have about an hour left before the quest fails." The dark elf player stated with a sigh.

"If it is not much to ask, can I help you? It is the least I could do since my soulbounds bothered you." Adrian stated which shocked the dark elf player.

"Soulbounds?! They are soulbounds?! Are there humanoid soulbounds?" The dark elf player suddenly muttered to himself as he became confused.

"So? What about my offer? Will you take it as it is the least that I could do for the trouble that they cost?" Adrian stated.

"You do not need to bother as it is not much trouble. I also felt a bit refreshed when they came but my heart did drop a little when they started playing catch with the crystal. I do not want to know what my advisor will tell me if I suddenly break it." The dark elf player stated.

"I insist. Hand it to me and I may be able to help you." Adrian stated as both Sirius and Kanlaon told him to help the guy via their soul link. It seems that the two soulbounds suddenly felt a bond with the strange dark elf that they have just recently met.

"If you insist but please do not break it as I do not have much gold in my inventory to pay for it if it breaks." The dark elf player stated.

"I will pay for the damages if I actually break it so, please be at ease." Adrian stated as he focused on the death realm where this energy is familiar.

Adrian channeled as his soul separated from his body and is transported to the death realm where he absorbed energy from. His soul's arrival is sensed by the gods of death in that realm, but they did not bother him. They just observed the demon with a soul made of intense death energy as if they are curious.

The dark elf player looked in awe as the crystal is suddenly getting filled up with death energy. He has the look of disbelief as his gaze went from Adrian and the crystal.