“Lords.”
The halfbreed cupped his hands.
“I find this place increasingly odd.”
“You think we don’t know that?”
“Lords, I mean to say those bats we saw may not be real.”
Dorado asked, “You mean illusion?”
The halfbreed nodded.
“Go on.” Galt was impatient.
Halfbreed this, halfbreed that. For as long as he remembered, this was his name. As to what it meant, he didn’t care, time made it so anyone could get used to anything.
“Illusions differ from charming. Charm arts affect one’s mind, while illusion arts mystify the senses.
“A powerful illusion can overlap reality with a fake image. Just like those blood bats. “
“Look lord.” The halfbreed pointed.
Drow bodies littered the shore, their blood flowing into the lake – a cruel display.
“We clearly saw the blood bats devour them, yet here are their bodies.”
“It proves the bats aren’t real and they in fact killed themselves.”
There was no way the bats that devoured the men would leave intact corpses.
“Only by entering the water will the illusion be triggered. While the waters themselves hide a truly strange being.”
Galt cried, “You surprise me, Halfbreed. Not bad.”
Halfbreed smiled.
Dorado smiled as well, “Time to get the treasure.”
Dorado and Galt got Halfbreed from an abandoned planet. They didn’t call him Halfbreed as a form of scorn, but because besides Devil blood, he also had five other bloodlines mixed in there.
Galt asked, “How do we break it?”
“An illusion, regardless of how strong, is still merely a figment. The best way to break it is to counter it by piercing the figment with reality.”
“Continue.”
“Yes, lord. The illusion is strong, so strong it captures everyone in its grip without even realizing. This goes to show we will end up the same way as the Drows if we force our way in.
“To pierce the figment we throw something into the lake and see what happens. Then we try draining the waters.”
“Halfbreed, not bad.”
“Thank you, lord.”
“Ha-ha-ha, let’s get to it!”
Galt gave the orders and many ten meter long poles were placed in the water. Like Halfbreed said, nothing happened.
The illusion trapped minds, thus rendering inert on items.
“Ha-ha-ha, it works. Bring out the water tank!”
Galt laughed.
There were many races in the universe far more advanced than Earth’s humanity. A mere water tank was a simple thing to have.
Ten Hexamand soldiers brought a blue crystal water tank and extend its tube into the water.
“Intruder, please stop!”
Before they could drain it, the sleeping Elven Queen spoke.
She used her soul to speak.
“I am sealing a savage being here. Releasing it will unleash a terrible disaster. All my energy is spent on sealing it, finding it hard to even speak.
“If you care for your lives, please leave this place and never return!”
Hum~
The Life Lake’s waters began to revolve and the Elven Queen’s face twisted in pain.
Those two phrases had taken too much from her.
Dorado said, “The queen can’t be lying.”
“What now? Do we give up?”
“The Life Pearl, the universe’s strongest recovery item. If we have it, we will never fear death in battle.”
“I want it, regardless of the danger!” Galt said, “Drain!”
Dorado still didn’t stop.
Dorado was still skeptical. What was this terrible being the queen was sealing?
But the curiosity overrode Dorado’s cautiousness.
“Understood!”
Just as the water tank worked, it blew apart.
Halfbreed said, “Something’s off about these waters…”
Galt roared, “Tell me something I don’t know! Is there any other way?”
“Lord, we can use fire.”
“Then have fire based aliens come here and fire at it!”
In the vast universe, there were tens of races based on fire, but only the Celestial Fire race had been the strongest.
Soon a team of Evil Fire race soldiers arrived and spewed flames.
“Sigh…”
The queen sighed.
The Life Lake swirled and expanded. Then it came crashing down, sweeping the soldiers.
Pu~
The instant the water touched them, they were dissolved, and after a few seconds, the blood turned to water.
The water receded back to the lake and all became still.
The Evil Fire soldiers were gone, and so were the Drow bodies.
Galt cried, “What just happened?”
“Lord, the water ate them.”
“The water… ate them?”
Galt watched the calm lake in stunned silence.
Dorado said, “Perhaps the lake doesn’t hide a monster, it is the monster!”
Halfbreed said, “Lord, this water is very peculiar.“
“F*ck you! Stop stating the obvious!” Galt kicked Halfbreed.
Galt only admired Dorado. Other than that, everyone else was scum and wastes in his eyes, Halfbreed included.
Halfbreed laid on the ground, silent.
“Make way!”
Galt walked over and hit Halfbreed out of the way.
“Draining doesn’t work. Burning it failed. What else are we supposed to do? “
Dorado shook his head, “Nothing comes to mind…”
“I think it’s better if I go in. I don’t believe there’s anything in this world that can break my tenth level sacred armor!”
Dorado was only in the peak eight level, but he got lucky in his youth and improved his trait, sacred armor, to tenth level.
Galt couldn’t care less about some measly savage being.
Whoosh~
Galt shined golden, like a god, as he trudged towards the lake.
“Don’t!”
Dorado called out.
