Chapter 1123 Gathering Materials
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"I think if we could somehow synthetize a compound using metals, crystals, and different types of stones, it could be possible to make something like an Elixir for these people." My mother-in-law, explained. She slowly walked back towards us after making sure she analyzed the other golden people, which she noticed had the exact same composition. "The organic matter we usually consume won't do."
"So we need to make them like... A specially tasty ingot?" Wondered Aquarina. "Or maybe a rock?"
"It would be better if it was in liquid form, but yes, something like that dear." Giggled Nepheline. "The problem is, it's not like we have every single thing we need at our disposal. I do have a giant stash of metals and ores back home though. But I barely brought anything with me. Orichalcum is an amazing metal, but it derives from their blood and well, it looks like they absorb it back once it dries off. We did hunt a lot of golems before, most of them made of Spirit Crystals and Mithril, do you have enough left from that, Sylphy, Aquarina?"
She asked us directly; I had a large pile of materials saved inside my Inventory. It was part of all my savings. Giving it all away was really painful, especially because you don't usually find such a huge nest of naturally occurring golems like we did back then. But if I could save the lives of these people with them, then I wasn't going to falter or something.
"Sure! Let's first gather all the things we've gotten. We could even use the materials we got from the Sunstone Plateau!" I said. "Those that have a lot of rich sunlight essence inside could be very useful for these people's recovery, seeing how they require sunlight to recover."
"That's right!" Aquarina nodded. "We could use those! We do have a HUGE haul from all the things we mined in the dungeon where we fought Apollo."
Sphynxiette looked at us with curiosity and a bit of surprise as we started taking out piles after piles of "tasty" food. She was beginning to drool as she saw everything. There was at least a hundred tons of Sunstone of varying qualities and types. I took out everything I wouldn't need for later; I was planning on using this over time or sell them off to accumulate savings.
"Sphynxiette, can you taste these stones?" My mother offered her a variety of Sunstones of different colors and qualities.
"Y-Yes, gladly!" She nodded, quickly beginning to munch on them like her life depended on it. "Crunch, hmmm! Such rich in flavor! W-What is this?! So tasty! Ahh!" She was having an ecstasy eating these stones nobody could ever digest but her and her kind.
"I'm glad you find it comfortable! But we got little time right now, Sphynxiette. Let's quickly search for all the materials we need; we have to save your friend's lives." I said.
lightsΝοvεl ƈοm "Y-Yes, thank you!" She nodded, feeling rather ashamed to receive so much help. "Just tell me and I'll do anything! I am strong, so I can mine these tasty minerals with my bare hands."
"That would be of great help, actually! Can you carry us to the summit of that volcano? On its depths there's a lot of precious ores the dragon usually eats. Let's take a few of those." I said, climbing up her back.
"But of course! Let's go!" She swiftly flapped her giant wings, carrying Aquarina, Mist, Lara, and me along. The rest stayed behind mining resources with our parents.
FLAAASH!
"Woooaaah! She's too fast!" Mist cried.
"Hahahaha!" Lara laughed. "Amazing!"
"We're here!" Sphynxiette said, full of vitality. "Is it down there? Can you girls dive in that boiling stone?"
"I can, leave it to me." I quickly leaped into the burning magma, swimming down.
SPLASH!
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