Chapter 471
Chapter 471 Everyone Busy With Their Own Matters
The Black Forest in the afternoon was unusually and uncomfortably warm.
Tall trunks supported the massive umbrella-like canopy.
The distance between each of the ancient trees wasn’t much. Their branches, leaves, and vines intertwined together to form the boundless expanse of forest. A thin mist wandered in the woods, and sunlight filtered through the gaps of the leaves to form slanted pillars of light, turning the forest into a dream-like fantasy.
There wasn’t a single trace of a bug’s call or beast’s roar in the forest.
The dirt beneath a massive tree suddenly started moving, and a tiny earth hill the size of a human’s head swelled on the spot. Countless black beetles surged out of the ground and gathered together to form a crawling figure of a human.
This bug man formed out of a pile of insects stood silently for a while, as if he was communicating with some subordinates of his in the distance. A short moment later, the man raised his crawling head of bugs and turned to stare in the direction of the Aba Beemen’s nest. Profound confusion filled his heart.
The Aba Beemen had abandoned their outer hunting area and inner living area; they had all retreated into their nest. That was beyond his expectations!
“Are you okay?”
“Are you alright, master?”
“You didn’t get hurt, did you, teacher?”
Three people and three different expressions of concern, but the only reply they got was an intense wave of coughing from Greem.
Greem’s young and handsome face flushed white now. There was even a trace of blood at the corners of his mouth. Several large holes had been blown into that black robe of his, and several small fires were also burning on the cloth.
Judging by the situation at the scene, it was evident that the explosion of the elementium core had damaged both his mind and body. No defensive arrays protecting him would have been able to endure the chain explosions triggered by the elementium blasts in that environment. The elementium shockwaves would easily hurt his mind and Spirit.
“Cough! It’s… such a shame,” Greem continued intensely coughing as he spoke frustratedly, “Just a bit more and it would have succeeded. It’s still a matter of my Spirit being unable to keep up, after all.”
“Greem, you don’t need to be in such a rush,” Adept Keoghan felt pity over the loss of the Second Grade elementium crystal core, but he still needed to console Greem on the surface, “The time limit for the clan’s mission is still abundant, and you don’t need to be so hasty in crafting the cores. It’s better to take it slow and steady!”
Gargamel and Meryl weren’t in a position to speak about this situation. They could only surround Greem and help him treat the most obvious wounds on his body.
Greem’s Spirit recovered by a lot after during this short rest.
“It’s a shame this time! I would have completed it with just a little bit more, and then I got impatient. In the end, I failed again.”
“There’s no need to rush; there’s really no need to. From my perspective, you need to be more steady when doing this. Also, I’ve completed the voodoo beasts you asked me to modify. There are still many matters I need to tend to back at the headquarters so I won’t be extending my stay here any longer.” Greem had shut himself inside his lab for the past few days. Keoghan hadn’t been able to see him at all. That was why Keoghan took this chance to say his farewells.
Of course, Greem was extraordinarily gracious and thankful for his services. He went and had Gargamel retrieve the agreed-upon reward before personally handing it over to Adept Keoghan.
Even though everyone belonged to the same clan, these sorts of tasks that consumed large amounts of Spirit and time couldn’t be performed for free. That was why a reward was necessary.
Once Gargamel had sent Keoghan away, the three of them once again gathered in a hidden room on the fourth floor to talk.
“Teacher, is your body really alright? Do you need to meditate and self-examine your body?” Meryl was still asking concernedly.
Greem’s previously hunched-over body suddenly straightened up. His weak Spirit also became full of energy all of a sudden.
“Master, how did the thing go?” Gargamel had obviously been involved in this matter. He was now rubbing his hands together anxiously while opening his wide, beady eyes and asking softly.
Meryl was utterly confused by their actions. Her pretty eyes swept from one person’s face to the other’s.
Greem didn’t reply. Instead, he lightly swiped across his waist with his right hand, and a bright, crystalline golem core appeared before the two of his subordinates.
“It worked… it worked. It really worked.” Gargamel immediately leaped up in excitement. He rushed to Greem’s side and stared at the golem core with his mousy eyes without even looking away. The goatee on his chin swayed and trembled without end.
Sadly, a woman’s sensitivity and agility when it came to shiny jewels were ten times that of a man’s.
Gargamel’s trembling hands hadn’t even reached outwards when the golem core had already fallen into Meryl’s hands.
Meryl joyously played with the gem as she pouted in an unamused fashion at the other two guys, “This is the elite-level elementium golem you mentioned? Shouldn’t it be destroyed already? Why is it still here? Could the two of you have been putting on a performance earlier?”
Greem and Gargamel didn’t reply. Instead, they started letting out sinister laughter in unison.
“Teacher, even you’ve been influenced by Gargamel’s wickedness. It must be Gargamel’s idea. It’s really nasty indeed.” Meryl rolled her eyes at Gargamel and continued playing with this exceptionally precious ‘gemstone.’
Er……
Gargamel rolled his own eyes at Meryl’s words. He almost couldn’t help but exclaim that this was Greem’s idea and that he was only a manager.
Sadly, his words were stuffed back down his throat by an intimidating glare from Greem. He had no choice but to bear this unfair accusation on his back silently.
“In all honesty, I didn’t expect us to succeed on the first try. That’s why we made preparations to do it again. However, our luck was good enough, and it ended up working in the end. We even managed to trick Keoghan over this,” Greem said, “Right. This thing should be kept between the two of you. You are not allowed to tell anyone else about this.”
“What about Eva then?” Gargamel rolled his mousy eyes.
It was obvious that Gargamel was incredibly devoted to Eva. He was like a cute boy waiting for his mother’s instructions.
Greem paused for a moment. He had no choice but to change his words, “Only you two and Eva are allowed to know about this. No one else should know!”
Gargamel and Meryl bowed together and acknowledged his orders.