Chapter 46 - Inside the Shrine

Chapter 46: 46 - Inside the Shrine

With his rich imagination, King thought that this top-tier wand had chosen him, but the truth was harsh. Just as the wand was about to slam into him, it suddenly changed direction and went straight into Elias’s forehead.

A wand that was even longer than Elias’s head just disappeared mysteriously like that. It left a blazing red flame-shaped mark in the middle of Elias’s forehead for a few seconds, then the mark also faded away.

Everything happened not too quickly, but it was completely different from what King had imagined. He stood there dumbfounded, staring at everything without reacting because he was shocked that the script in his head had gone completely wrong.

"System, is that wand messing with me? Is there any way to pull it out? I have to cut it into three pieces."

King’s eyelids twitched a few times. It wasn’t enough for the veins on his forehead to bulge, but King was extremely dissatisfied with the wand’s insolent ’attitude’.

[Master, you can’t!]

Seeing that King really wanted to make a move, the system immediately panicked. This was one of the protagonist’s most important items! If it was destroyed, what would Elias use to fight the final boss?

"What are you panicking about? Isn’t it just a wand? If I cut this thing into three pieces, the Heavenly Dao will just give Elias another one."

King curled his lips, looking down on the system’s cowardice. It was just a wand, yet it dared to be insolent toward a reader, so it deserved to be cut into three pieces.

[Master, you can’t take it out. Even if you could take it out, you wouldn’t be able to break it by cutting it.]

Since King wouldn’t listen, the system could only reveal more information about this wand. It firmly believed that once King knew he would definitely fail, he wouldn’t do something that would make him look like an idiot.

"What do you mean? Could it be that wand is really hard? Harder than the Heavenly Dao Sword?"

King frowned, his eyes looking at the sword in his hand and then back at Elias’s forehead.

This didn’t seem very reasonable either. A sword that could be called the ’Heavenly Dao Sword’ must definitely be the most overpowered sword.

[That’s not it either. There’s nothing harder than your Heavenly Dao Sword. But the problem is that your current strength is too low. That wand is the only divine-grade wand made from phoenix blood. The phoenix is the only and most powerful beast in this world.]

[In the Arcane Dominion world, there is only one divine beast. It’s an ancient creature that has only appeared in legends, and no one has ever seen it before. Even a rank IX mage can’t destroy a wand made from its blood. This is the strongest wand in this world.]

Although he had somewhat expected it, the more the system explained, the wider King’s eyes became. Elias looked like trash, so how did he get such an obvious cheat?

"Damn! That’s too unfair to the villain. He works hard his whole life and still doesn’t get a good wand. Elias has it too good. He lies there unconscious and suddenly gets the strongest wand in the world."

King had already imagined a few possible scenarios in his head, like the two sides fighting fiercely and then suddenly the villain’s wand shattered into pieces. This was indeed very unlikely to happen, but it was also a kind of ’reasonable’ plot.

[Master, that’s a bit much. The final boss’s wand is also the best wand in the world if Elias’s wand isn’t counted. The gap isn’t as big as you imagine.]

The system felt that if what happened really went exactly as King expected, it would be incredibly boring, so it gave him a little more vague information. It couldn’t spoil things because that would reduce King’s experience, but it also couldn’t let King get bored before he even experienced anything.

"Hmm, that makes sense too. Elias has to struggle so I’ll have a chance to show off. No matter how strong the final boss of this world is, I’ll still pin him to the ground and beat him up."

King raised his head proudly again despite only being rank III. Suddenly thinking about his own strength, he glanced at the system.

"Hey, where’s my reward? The wand has already been obtained. All the enemies are dead too. When are you going to give me the mission reward?"

[Oh, my bad. I was busy talking to you just now and forgot to tell you. You need to go inside the shrine before you can receive the reward.]

"Why? Haven’t I already done everything I needed to do? Could it be that I have to complete the hidden condition of exploring the dungeon before I can receive the reward?"

King frowned, his impatient eyes staring at the system. If the system didn’t have a proper answer, he wasn’t going to let it off.

[No, it’s not because of me. The Heavenly Dao of this world left a welcome gift for you in the shrine. Out of respect for the Heavenly Dao, I can only reward you afterward.]

"A welcome gift? Now I’m curious."

After being annoyed for just a few seconds, the corners of King’s mouth curled up again. His curious eyes stared at the shrine suspended high in the air.

After carefully judging the angle, King bent his legs and jumped up, drawing a perfect arc like he had been launched from a catapult straight toward the entrance of the shrine.

As soon as he stepped into the shrine, King turned his head left and right repeatedly, looking around. Although the outside looked somewhat like the Pantheon, the inside was completely different.

Massive stone pillars and monolithic stone walls were carved with majestic images of phoenixes.

Just by looking at those carvings, King felt like he was seeing a divine beast blazing with dazzling flames like the sun flying vividly right in front of him.

"Not bad, not bad. The image is really vivid. Very majestic."

If one hand weren’t holding his sword while the other held Elias, King would have clapped in praise at these impressive sculptures.

After finishing admiring the carvings, King’s eyes fell on the huge stone pillar in the center of the shrine. Countless species of birds were carved onto the pillar, flying high into the sky. At the top of the stone pillar was a gigantic egg large enough for someone like him to stand inside.

[This is the companion and guardian the Heavenly Dao of this world gave you. Its chance of betraying you is 0%, and it will call you master just like me.]