Chapter 417 Purification
“We finally found a cure to that cursed plague.” said the Karum priest leader.
Hearing this, Anny couldn’t help but reluctantly agree with her leader.
“Young Master Angus, could you please share with us how you managed to find the cure? The Karum will reward you handsomely.” asked the Karum priest leader.
Angus didn’t immediately answer and tilted his head confusedly. As Angus keeps silent, the Karum priest leader asks once again.
“Young Master Angus??” called Karum Priest Leader.
“Why should I tell you?” asked Angus while looking at the priest leader like an idiot.
“Young Master Angus, don’t you know how many people could survive and be saved with your knowledge?” asked Karum priest Leader.
“Karum Priest Leader, who do you think I am?” asked Angus.
Before anyone answers, “Am I part of your religious group? Do you truly think I will disclose any information about how I cure them?” asked Angus.
“Young Master Angus!! A lot of lives could be saved with the help of your knowledge. Please think again.” said the Karum priest leader.
Suddenly, Angus’s face turns cold and he glares at the Karum priest leader.
“Karum Priest Leader, people die every day. Be it from war, monster, conflict, or unfortunate circumstances like the plague, hunger, and many others. Why should I care about those people that I don’t know?” retorted Angus.
“Young Master Angus, how dare you to say that?!! Don’t you have any compassion?” asked Karum Priest Leader.
“Compassion?! Hmph.. Then, Did you suggest that I just give everything I have to everyone and leave me with nothing?” asked Angus.
“No, that’s not what I mean.” replied the Karum priest leader.
“It’s the same, dumbass!! Don’t you think I don’t know how all of you work? Karum Priest Leader, nothing is free in this world. So, don’t you dare play a pity and heroic card in front of me?!!”
“Besides, if you truly do for the noble cause, there is no such thing as your religion group in the first place. There is always another cause or reason behind your group creation.” mocked Angus.
“You dare!!” yelled Anny.
Before Anny could draw her weapon, she felt a big greatsword on her neck.
“One wrong move and your head will fly.” said Duchess Amberblaze coldly as she suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of Anny.
‘Fast!! When did she move?!!’ thought everyone.
Seeing how fast Duchess Amberblaze moves, they know the Duchess Amberblaze could kill them before they could even react.
*Clap* “Alright, that’s enough. Now let us continue the bidding about the double scythe artifact. As you already know, I have a way to purify the artifact from Plargos. All you need is to find the right person to wield it for me to sell it to you.” said Angus to diffuse the situation.
“Since I will be purifying it, you need to pay twice the amount from the initial price.” added Angus.
Hearing this, “Hmm.. Young Master Angus, how about giving us more time?” asked the Afir priest leader.
“Nope. I don’t want to waste any more time. I am quite a busy person.” said Angus playfully.
“Urgh… Fine, we Afir agreed to your condition.” said the Afir priest leader reluctantly.
“We too.” said the other priest leader.
After that, they start negotiating the price and create a letter of agreement for participation in the weapon trial. In summary, the one that could use the artifact will be able to buy the artifact.
Although there is only a tiny chance of finding a member that could use the artifact, it is better than nothing since they also didn’t lose anything in the first place. However, Jayna and the Duchess snicker at Angus’s play.
They already know Angus is a weapon master that could wield any artifact. With the letter of agreement, anyone that could use the artifact will be able to purchase the artifact, including Angus himself.
The other may not know, but Angus is one of the wealthiest people in the Heart kingdom. Each month, Angus often sold his monster part through her aunt and could get thousands of gold easily. Not to mention he also has some share from the miasma curing potion sale.
The miasma curing potion distribution is still not spread globally and its price is still as high as the sky without any sign of going down in the next few years. Moreover, the Krugguar Emperor and a large horde of monsters are still moving across the kingdoms.
This incident will push people to buy more miasma curing potions for their safety, especially the noble and national leaders. Angus didn’t need to worry about giving compensation to the Heart kingdom for the artifact.
Then, Angus approaches the double scythe artifact, which is still lying on the ground. Without wasting any more time, Angus cast a few spells. [2nd circle – Mana Barrier] [2nd Circle – Earth Wall] [3rd Circle – Fire Barrier] [4th Circle – Space Barrier].
After casting all the barrier spells and earth wall to envelop himself from the prying eyes, Angus takes out a transparent box filled with a shining sphere. Then, he pointed the box at the double scythe.
Suddenly, the box creates a small opening and sucks hazy black gas from the artifact. As the hazy gas is absorbed by the shining sphere, the pitch-black double scythe starts to reveal its color.
The scythe part turns into a reddish color, while the long stick handle in the middle turns platinum silver with some red line on it. The initial color of the artifact is pitch black and gives an eerie feeling.
As the color reverted to its original appearance, Angus is confident this artifact has quite gruesome nature just from the red blood color on its blade. After a while, the scythe begins to hover in the air. Soon, all the Plargos’s divine energy was completely sucked from it.
Suddenly, a massive wave of energy exploded from the artifact. The energy wave is so strong that it pushes Angus back and destroys the surrounding Earth Wall and his spell barriers, leaving only the Space Barrier spell.
Angus immediately hid the transparent cube into his storage device while looking at the hovering double scythe not far from him. Then, he cancels his Space Barrier in case there will be another accident when he tries to subdue the artifact.
Now, everyone could see the hovering blood-red double scythe with a long silver stick. Unlike before, the artifact didn’t give any foul aura but turned into a sort of noble weapon despite its bloody color.
All the priest leaders couldn’t have but wanted the artifact more. There is no accurate classification for artifacts. However, a powerful and destructive artifact could be noticed by its aura. The double scythe artifact belongs to this kind of artifact from its aura.
Just as Angus approaches the hovering artifact and touches it, he suddenly feels a very heavy pressure. His vision turns into red blood color before he slumps to the ground and clutches his head in pain. It was so painful that Angus couldn’t even scream.
Noticing something wrong with Angus, “Angus!!” called Jayna and Anna as they ran towards Angus.
At this moment, the artifact is flying high and disappears from everyone’s sight at unimaginable speed. In the meantime, Angus felt released from the artifact pressure and fell unconscious. Fortunately, Jayna had already caught Angus before he hit the ground.
“Alright, it seems there is some unforeseen situation. We will contact you later, ” said the Duchess Amberblaze to all the priest leaders.
The Duchess doesn’t know Angus’s exact plans, but she is sure this is not part of his plan. She also speculated that Angus didn’t intend to sell the artifact to these religious groups as he had set up such a ridiculous condition before.
She suspects Angus only wants to show that he can purify artifacts from the Evil God’s corruption or something similar. Since it is the only thing he will get from this show.
Purification from the Evil God’s power takes time and enormous resources. Yet Angus was able to do it in less than half-hour time. Seeing the unconscious Angus, the priest leader reluctantly agreed with the Duchess and left the area.
While Angus is unconscious, a huge meeting between national leaders is held inside the Roundel city. It has been a few days since the Krugguar Emperor and his monster army moved from the Dark Forest.
Because of this walking disaster, the world alliance couldn’t stay still and decided to hold an emergency meeting. However, not all of the nation’s leaders come since some still need to guard their kingdom in case the monster horde attacks them.
“Alright, let’s start the meeting about the monster overlord Krugguar Emperor.” said Vandor Windspear, one of the elf leaders.
“As you already know, the monster overlord Krugguar Emperor is migrating from the Dark Forest. Based on our initial research, it may go towards Tristall Woodland or Dark Continent.” added Vandor while showing the hologram in front of him.
“After looking at its route during these past few days, we have concluded the Krugguar Emperor will go towards Tristall Woodland.” said Vandor as he showed the world map and the monster overlord route.
“Shit!!” cursed some of the national leaders.
The nation leaders begin to talk to themself. Some of them even start to laugh excitedly.
Before the meeting became more chaotic, “Now, let us discuss how we should handle the Krugguar Emperor and its army.” asked Vandor.