Chapter 776 - Floating Landmasses

Shortly after, Leon notices several returning warriors with severe injuries before taking out several pill bottles and passing them to the One-Eyed Venerable Shaman.

"Also, can I trouble Senior to hand these recovery pills out to the brave warriors who assisted us in this battle? It seems they have suffered a bit while they were chasing the fleeing demons."

"Well, I don't mind, but are you going somewhere, Young Master Leonhardt?" the One-Eyed Venerable Shaman asks as he accepts the pill bottles from Leon. 

"I am, but it's pretty close, actually," Leon admits with a nod before saying, "Weren't you curious about the demons I subjugated? I plan to call them over now."

The One-Eyed Venerable Shaman opens his mouth to speak, but no word comes out.

The One-Eyed Venerable Shaman felt like he needed to warn Young Master Leonhardt about the demons, but at the same time, he knew that Young Master Leonhardt had some sort of plan for them.

Even so, he couldn't bring himself to trust them.

Seeing that the One-Eyed Venerable Shaman didn't say anything, Leon spoke, "Although demons cannot be easily trusted, we should learn to see them for who they truly are and not through a collective biased opinion."

"There's no doubt that there are evil demons, but we can't say for certain that there aren't any good demons either. And although I can't guarantee that the dark faes are good demons, I do hope you can judge them without any prejudice, Senior."

"Since Young Master Leonhardt had spoken, this old man will try to do as you say. However, if this old man finds them trying to harm other humans, this old man can't promise that this old man won't slay them on the spot."

"Well, that's good enough," Leon said. 

Shortly after, Leon turned to Aria and said, "Keep an eye on the humans and Darlene's situation for me. I'll be back shortly."

"Mm." Aria complies with a nod. 

Not long after Leon gave her a short kiss, he flew off into the dark clouds that Saresha and the other dark faes disappeared. 

At the same time, the One-Eyed Venerable Shaman went to meet the three tribes with injured tribe members to carry out Leon's request.

The One-Eyed Venerable Shaman knew that it wouldn't have taken long for Young Master Leonhardt to hand out the recovery medicine to three tribes, but he was aware that Young Master Leonhardt was handing him the opportunity to have them owe him favors.

As such, he kept Young Master Leonhardt's good intention in mind—even though it wasn't really necessary. 

Since he was already a Half-step Battle King that would soon become a true Battle King, the warriors from the three tribes will respect regardless.

However, the One-Eyed Venerable Shaman had forgotten that they were in a secret realm where fortuitous opportunities to become strong are aplenty.

…

'Watch your head, Master.'

As Leon flew through the dark clouds where Saresha and the other dark faes had disappeared, the Realm Spirit suddenly warned him.

"What do you—"

Bam!

Leon smashed his head into the floating landmass hidden in the dark clouds, causing cracks to form on its rocky lower surface.

Nevertheless, Leon was not hurt due to his high defense.

'I tried to warn you, Master.'

"So you did. But it was too vague and abrupt."

'Sorry, Master.'

"No, don't worry about it. It doesn't matter."

Leon was not looking to blame the Realm Spirit and quickly moved on to explore the floating landmass as he navigated around its rocky edges to locate the upper surface, absorbing the dense amounts of dark energy while he was at it.

The floating landmass had humongous black chains attached to each of its four corners and stretched for unknown lengths due to the obscurity of the dark clouds, and a temple-like structure lies at its center. 

After finding his way to the top, Leon quickly located the dark faes resting not far from the temple-like structure. 

Nevertheless, his gaze didn't dwell on them for long before shifting back to the temple-like structure and the floating landmass itself.

He could feel the circuitry power of runes running throughout the entire landmass and the four enormous black chains attached to it.

Leon quickly guessed what it was.

Although it wasn't the core of the Radiant Heaven Realmship, he did not doubt that it was one of its cornerstones. 

"There should be another four floating landmasses like this one, right?" Leon casually inquired. 

However, the Realm Spirit reveals a surprise in its reply, 'There are indeed other floating landmasses like this one, but there's only three other floating landmasses instead of four, Master.'

"Really? I don't believe it. If you keep lying to me, I will not expend my precious True Grandmist Energy to repair you," Leon stated coolly. 

'I am being honest with you, Master…' 

The Realm Spirit did not know whether to laugh or cry, seeing how distrustful Leon was.

However, it suddenly thought of something before it said, 'The four rune-connecting chains indeed lead to something, but only three of them lead to three other floating landmasses, Master.'

'The last rune-connecting chain is attached to one cornerstone of the secret realm, allowing the supporting circuits to connect with the rest of the Radiant Heaven Realmship.'

"As you said, these floating landmasses contain supporting circuits for the Radiant Heaven Realmship. But do you think I don't know that there needs to be a main circuit as well? In other words, the core?" Leon replied calmly. 

His Teleportation Arrays were also designed with four points to store spatial coordinates; the Teleportation Arrays wouldn't function without the core circuit in the center. 

"Your core and heart is obviously located on the center floating landmass, yet you're telling me it's underground on the western side of the Bone Sea? What are you playing at? Are you going to be fully honest with me, or are you going to keep testing my patience?"

After saying that, the Realm Spirit became awkward. 

'Uh… I can explain, Master.'