Chapter 527 - Unraveling the Skeletal Staff’s Secrets
GDK 527: Unraveling the Skeletal Staff’s Secrets
A so-called ‘visiting advisor’ was someone who was well-fed during peaceful times, but during critical moments, would have to charge through enemy lines. In other words, they were high-level cannon fodders.
Han Shuo was new to this world and didn’t have a very thorough understanding of the situation in the Abyss realm. But Crosius made it clear to him what his role as a ‘visiting advisor’ entailed. Thinking that he could pack up and leave War Demon Valley if anything were to go south, Han Shuo accepted Crosius’ proposal right away, reaching an agreement with Crosius in feigned civility.
Crosius was rather straightforward. When Han Shuo agreed to the proposal, he immediately ordered Qunoa to arrange a residency for Han Shuo in addition to presenting him with a medal made of lead-grey stone. On the back of the stone medal was carved a demon. It signified Han Shuo’s identity as the visiting advisor of War Demon Valley.
“The three-storey building at the center will be yours. You now have absolute freedom in War Demon Valley. If there’s anything that you need, you may let us know at anytime you wish. As long as it’s not anything particularly inconveniencing to us, we shall assist you to the best of our ability,” Qunoa smiled said as he pointed at the building.
The location of this manor was behind Crosius’ magnificent building. The manor had about a dozen structures erected from it in a disordered but picturesque arrangement. All those who stayed in this place were high-level cannon fodder, hired by War Demon Valley. The three-storey building allocated to Han Shuo was the tallest and most gorgeous of all those buildings.
“Thank you. Oh, and if it’s not too troubling for you, please arrange to have Hemanna and Sylph over,” Han Shuo bluntly requested for his bounty from Qunoa. In any case, Crosius had already agreed to have Hemanna and Sylph given to Han Shuo.
“No problem. I will pass on those instructions. It won’t take long before Hemanna and Sylph arrive,” Qunoa said in a very friendly manner and revealed a faint knowing smile.
“Thanks a lot then. Oh, and, if the enemies from Venomfang Castle come over, please don’t hesitate to ask where my help is needed.” Since Han Shuo was getting ‘paid’, the least he could do was offer aid.
“All will play out according to Lord Crosius’ wishes. You have just gotten to War Demon Valley and have yet to have had a good rest. I shall not disturb you any further,” Qunoa did not continue exchanging courteous speech, and politely announced his departure.
Pop! Pop! Pop! Han Shuo’s body jolted. He felt as though his mental strength had crashed into an unmovable mountain. The mental strength of a grand magus wasn’t able to break apart three strange energies contained in three eye sockets. This gave Han Shuo quite a shock. He realized that the skeletal staff was indeed one of a kind.
With a morbid expression, Han Shuo took a deep breath and completely withdrew all his mental strength. He meditated for a while to recover his mental strength.
Although Han Shuo could use the power of his consciousness, he dared not do anything too rash to the skeletal staff. This was because the energy of the consciousness came from demonic arts, and Han Shuo was concerned that the skeletal staff might be in conflict with the energy of his consciousness and cause irreversible damages to it. Hence, Han Shuo had only been utilizing his mental strength all this time.
After a while, Han Shuo had fully recovered his mental strength. This time, he did not set about by attacking all three energies at once. Instead, he only attacked at a single eye socket. Ping! a high-pitched noise struck. The defensive energy inside that eye socket had been finally defeated. Han Shuo was overjoyed. He immediately repeated the action to the other two eye sockets and had successfully removed all defensive energies.
Soon after, Han Shuo learned of some extremely interesting information from the three eye sockets.