Chapter 456 - Soul Fragments
“Mephistos?” Lin Li was only slightly taken aback before he masked his expression. This was not too big of a surprise, as he had already noticed a couple of loopholes in Stephen’s words. Firstly, there could not be Minion Demons in the forest, as every level of the Abyss was a closely guarded world. If a Demon Lord appeared somewhere, even the common Demons would avoid the place, much less the Minion Demons.
Furthermore, Stephen mentioned that he followed them here by tracking their magical waves. That was not incorrect in itself, as shadowing through tracking magical waves was indeed a basic skill that every Archmage ought to know. Unfortunately, Stephen was dealing with Lin Li this time.
Lin Li was a cautious man… well, one could say he was paranoid. He was never without a magic shield when dealing with magical beasts below level-10, much less an existence as terrifying as Mephistos! He had already been taking notice of his magical waves along the way here, and every time Hutton stopped to recover his mana, Lin Li would inconspicuously lay down a Magic Dissipating Field to silently get rid of any traces of his magical wave.
Of course, this was not a foolproof solution, and anyone in the Legendary-realm would be able to disregard the existence of the Magic Dissipating Field and locate him with just a bit of Spiritual Brand when tailing them.
However, Stephen was quite clearly a good distance away from the Legendary-realm, and it was almost impossible for him to trace Lin Li with just a bit of Spiritual Brand.
It would be unusual for Lin Li to not realize that something was off based on the loopholes in Stephen’s words.
Connoris’ reminder was merely affirming Lin Li’s conjecture…
“Stop joking with me! Yes, you’re right, a mage can absorb power from a soul fragment, but that must be done under the owner’s consent. You think I’ll be capable of stealing a Dragon Aspect’s power given my capabilities now? Moreover, the Dragon of Destruction had fallen so many years ago, and I’m afraid the soul fragment from so many years ago would already have disappeared without a trace…”
“You think I’m joking? No, no, no, the great Soul Trader I am would never say something without meaning it. Think about it, the Dragon of Destruction fell during the prehistoric times, when the High Elves were only beginning to rise, but the shadow in the Abyss of Tharlen had lived on even till the Dark Age…”
“But…”
“Don’t worry about how you’re going to obtain the power from the soul fragment. I dare say that I’m the greatest Soul Trader to ever live. I’ll definitely help you find a way to obtain the power form the soul fragment. What you need to do now is to find that soul fragment and leave the Abyss of Tharlen safely. No matter what you do, do not get caught by Mephistos, or else even I dare not imagine the consequences…”
“I’ll think about how to do it.” Lin Li’s heart started palpitating after he listened to Connoris. That was the soul fragment of the Dragon of Destruction Azardas! It held more than just a portion of the Dragon of Destruction’s strength; it also contained much of the Dragon of Destruction’s memories and experience which was what was the most important to Lin Li.
Lin Li was now a stone’s throw away from the Legendary-realm, and all he needed was one last step for him to break into the Legendary-realm. If he could get ahold of this soul fragment, he would be able to easily break through to the Legendary-realm just with the experience and memories it held alone, without even having to absorb any of its powers.