Chapter 828 - Order Refugees (1)
“Deal.”
Rhode nodded firmly while the leader gestured for his two men. The two men went up to the chariot with weapons in hand. Joey and the others clutched their weapons vigilantly. Then, Rhode waved his arm and had them stand away from the chariot. One by one, the two men threw every single item on the chariot into the sack in their hands. However, even though their sacks weren’t too huge, they easily contained all the items, which surprised Marlene and Lize. They instantly realized that the sacks weren’t ordinary and were likely rare spatial bags. How was it possible that these two men who looked like refugees possessed one each?
The two men were quick in their actions and shortly after, only three empty buckets were left on the chariot. One of the men opened the lid and looked inside curiously. Then, everyone witnessed an unprecedented joy on his face.
“Big Brother! It’s water! Water!”
“Oh?”
Their leader knitted their brows slightly and strode toward the wooden buckets. He stuck his finger into the liquid and tasted it. Then, his eyes glinted in delight and he nodded in satisfaction. He ordered his men to store the buckets of water into the sacks before heading toward Rhode. Rhode swiftly shot a look to Lize and Marlene, asking them to stay away. The two young ladies quickly kept a distance away and gazed curiously at the man.
“It is… quite a… good deal.” The man said in a deep voice with stutters and mispronunciations.
“I hope… we can… work together again. Next time.”
“Me too.”
Lize asked with knitted brows.
“If you look closely, you’ll find that they were holding onto the Order torches. The flames burning on the torches allow them to stay in a limited range of Order where they can retain their sense of direction and won’t be badly contaminated by Chaos. This is also why they put the goods away into their spatial bags because if they drove the chariot into the Land of Chaos, perhaps the food would have turned to stone or water turned into black, viscous liquid. The power of Chaos is massive inside the Land of Chaos.”
“But Rhode, who are they exactly?!”
Marlene shifted her gaze away from the pile of ‘broken’ items and stared with widened eyes.
Oh my goodness. Dragon Root Grass, Moon Crystals… and even the Heart of the Sun! I’ve never seen such precious magical materials, not even in the Mage School. Where exactly did they get the materials from?!
Marlene exclaimed while lifting a piece of the ordinary-looking, gray-colored stone. But after taking a closer look, one would discover that this stone was made entirely out of fog where it wasn’t as solid as an actual stone. It was called the Fog Stone. Marlene remembered that she saw this magic stone once during an auction when she was a young child. Back then, the Fog Stone was sold for a heavenly price of 30 million gold coins despite being in the size of a fingernail. On the contrary, the Fog Stone in her hand was as huge as an apple! The Fog Stone was useful in many aspects and worked incredibly well in magic. Marlene knew that the reason why Fog Stones were this expensive was because they could contain up to half of the holder’s soul. With the Fog Stone, the holder could revive with the remaining soul that was stored as long as the holder’s body was still intact. The amount of soul that the Fog Stone could store was based on its size. One the size of a fingernail could only ensure that the holder would revive. But with one in the size of a palm, it was guaranteed that the holder could revive in perfect condition. Of course, the Fog Stone was meaningless when it came to dying of old age.
This Fog Stone might cost up to hundreds of million gold coins… And yet, they tossed it to the ground like it was a worthless stone? How did those people get their hands on one?
Rhode turned to Marlene.
“They’re the Order Refugees,” he said.
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