Chapter 1156 Three Rewards

Chapter 1156 Three Rewards

"Not a single trace of the Treant." Hephais reported back, his expression unreadable, within their new command tent. "It's like it vanished into thin air."

The Egaean had just returned from his scouting mission, having combed through dozens of regions nearby, gradually expanding the search perimeter and was in a foul mood. Although covering such distances and scanning them with his senses was nothing for an Evolver of his level, it was still a major drag.

Jake, who hadn't been idle during his absence, stopped what he was doing to listen to the assassin, a puzzled frown knitting his brow.

"Not even a footprint or a hole in the ground?" Jake tried, without much hope.

"Only the network of roots and underground tunnels attributed to Anthace roots." Hephais shook his head. "Far from big enough for Corvac."

Ceythie, who had been discussing 'several logistical details' with Jake just a moment ago, had silently witnessed their exchange and commented,

"Corvac had a horde of tamed Nematodes. Some of the tunnels might have been dug under his orders. However, I'm sure he hadn't planned on turning into a mindless Treant, sacrificed as fertile soil for an Anthace seed. He was my long-time enemy, but precisely for that reason I knew him well. He would never have accepted such an end when he had the chance to escape with a Saint under his command. He was most likely duped.

"By the way, setting aside his transformation into a Treant, his strategy was risky but not unreasonable. He still had over 200,000 Light Warriors, and 450,000 Beasts when he activated his trap. Statistically, while our army would have been completely annihilated as soon as the purity of the Life Lumyst Water exceeded 15%, a handful of his lucky soldiers would have had decent chances of survival. Except that apart from us, no one survived.

"Last murky point, Corvac could have resorted to the same tactic as us to protect himself and his men from the water."

"His Goblet of Ethershine?" Jake murmured thoughtfully, conjuring the said relic.Rêạd new chapters at novelhall.com

It was one of his three main rewards from the battle. The golden wooden cup was similar to the one he had just lost but emitted stronger waves of lifeforce.

[Bronze Aether Artifact: Goblet of Ethershine +27 (Replica): A high-quality replica engraved with a Light Sanctuary Array. Material: Anthace Wood.]

The relic's description provided by the Oracle System was much more concise and mundane than that of his Chalice of Nethershade. In fact, all replicas of the Goblet of Ethershine were the same.

Where all replicas of the Chalice mentioned a mystical material called Naetherium, Life Spells, and an order of Cosmic Monks who would have forged the original relic, the replicas of the Goblet of Ethershine only mentioned one material: Anthace wood.

Believe it or not, but the front line stretching from the South to the North of Twyluxia was so vast that the number of hardened Ironsoul Berserkers was in the tens of millions. If one counted the freshly conscripted recruits, the number was even higher.

Ceythie may have lost a huge amount of troops on this battlefield in a single morning, but the number of loyal soldiers she could rally just by mentioning her status as a Great General remained staggering.

Combined with the fact that she was ready to rebel and turn against the other Great Generals to defend his enthronement as the second Soulmancer King, Jake couldn't but be satisfied with this new subordinate.

"I'll leave it to you." Jake smiled, patting the Great General's shoulder, who blushed involuntarily. The remnants of his charm still affected her. "If you're truly loyal and plan to accompany me to the end, I can promise you restoring your former power won't take long. These Lumyst Auras, on which a good part of your power and reputation rest, are just one of many ways to become stronger. As long as you have your Lumyst Cultivation, the essence of your power remains intact."

This was the strict truth. Lumyst Aura was a kind of contract with Twuluxia. This Aura grew and evolved by chaining kills on the battlefield, boosting the physical condition of its bearer, but ultimately it was just an advanced form of Lumyst.

Lost souls were just a substitute for Spirit Power, and unlike Players, these barbarians didn't seem adept at purifying them. Sacrificing all the souls accumulated in her Aura had ruined decades of combat accumulation for Ceythie, but in reality, she could easily replace them with more Spirit Power.

Her Spirit Lumyst was not a good solution for obtaining Spirit Power, because unlike Players who could separate it according to their attributes, the natives were unable to do so. This meant that the Spirit Power obtained was impure and therefore dangerous.

As for intents, manifestations of True Wills unique to each Spirit Lumyst Aura, it was just a forced integration of Soul Power. Developing one's Aura facilitated the acquisition and manifestation of several war-related True Wills, but without it, the acquired True Wills didn't disappear. Only the Soul Power needed to be renewed.

Which... except for Jake and a few privileged Players, generally took time. On this point, Ceythie wasn't wrong to be pessimistic. Without Jake, regaining her full power in a short time would indeed have been almost impossible.

After Ceythie left, Jake then turned to the assassin and, without having to say anything, the latter grumbled reluctantly, "You want me to protect her? Tsk, can't ever catch a break here... I hope I'm getting overtime for this..."

"...I just wanted you to order Crunch and Lord Phenix to escort her, but since you insist."

Damn... He should have kept his mouth shut. Hanging around Jake, he was behaving less and less like a taciturn assassin.

But since he'd shot himself in the foot, Hephais accepted his fate and left the tent to blend into Ceythie's shadow without her noticing. With him to protect her, even another Great General wouldn't be able to do anything to her.

Once everyone had left, Jake's expression changed, and he finally turned his attention to his third reward of the day. It concerned the notification that had popped up after he'd slain Isdar.

[Your Lumyst Aura has reached level 2. Your Lumyst Aura meets the conditions to take its First Form. When you are in a safe place, please attend to it.]