Chapter 431 - Volume 3
Chapter 210 – Valhalla Ruins
One of Faena’s hands clutched the edge of her skirt and raised it up. The others did not know when she had approached and stood on a pyramid-shaped platform. The pale light from the Fire Seed lit up the thin strands of hair hanging the sides on her face.
“What is this thing!?” She suddenly asked aloud and pointed with her other hand to a certain object.
It was a black metallic staff. Its body had roughly the thickness of an arm and was embedded in a large crystal that was connected to the base of the platform. On top of the staff was a large crystal sphere.
Brendel was certain that this thing did not exist earlier.
He patted Scarlett’s hand. Both he and Orthlyss had guessed the answers to the puzzle that concerned Scarlett. It could be put aside for now since the Dragon’s blood did not pose any real danger, and the threat from the Dragon loli girl Rauze was still faint.
Brendel and the others went over to take a closer look at the staff. There were golden patterns inscribed into the black staff’s body, though these patterns seemed like they were meaningless lines. They resembled the aesthetics of the hall and was a product of the ancient eras. The crystal on the staff’s head was fixed tightly and could not be pried off with strength.
“Why?” Veronica was already tempted. She was still a general of the Kirrlutz Empire, and this was a floating city that was bigger than the Galbu’s.
“Here, try it out for yourself.” Brendel removed his hand from the crystal and invited Veronica to try it out.
The latter looked a little stunned.
“You want me to control this place?” Veronica was curious and puzzled over Brendel’s actions. He was literally inviting her to control this place and fly it over to the Empire.
Brendel merely smiled and nodded.
Veronica did not ask again and placed her hand on the crystal. Her eyebrows first lifted up, then sank quickly. She showed a face of understanding after a few moments.
“What is it, commander?” Faena asked eagerly.
“I see. I was thinking how a wily fox like you would be trusting enough to let me test out the system.”
Even though Veronica did not understand the language, she discovered that it was impossible to activate any of the magic circuits in the city. Perhaps it was because there was severe damage to the circuits, or maybe time had somehow corrupted them despite the system being ‘Eternal’.
“Is it possible to repair them? How bad is the damage?” She asked.
“Completely ruined, and I doubt anyone knows how to repair this place. The only thing that survived is the Fire Seed.”
“”It’s a pity.”” Mephisto echoed Veronica’s words at the same time.
“You’re too devious!” Faena glared at the youth, certain that he would not reveal this information if this place still functioned.
Brendel merely nodded with an emotionless face.
[Indeed, it’s a pity. It’s a legendary place…… But at the same time, there’s a functioning spare Core Crystal underneath this place. It’s too bad you can’t read the language, hahaha—]