Chapter 86: The God of Magic’s Guardian Ring and the Divine Thief

“Information Detection.”

A faint glow rippled through the entire ring, and soon its details were displayed before Vilyric thanks to her advanced investigation skill.

【God of Magic’s Guardian Ring】

【Grade: Pseudo Sacred Artifact】

【Description: A trial product crafted by the God of Magic xxxx. It has three functions: storage, information concealment, and defensive deployment. Originally intended to be a sacred artifact, it ultimately failed as a half-finished product due to insufficient skill.

When the quality was found lacking, the God of Magic xxxx chose not to keep it and instead gifted this ring, along with other materials, to the God of Thunder xxx during a tea party.

Later, the God of Thunder xxx passed the ring on to a newborn dragon, Clara, under her guardian dragon, to grow alongside her.

When the Divine Cataclysm occurred, both the God of Thunder xxx and her guardian dragon fell, and Clara, deprived of divine protection, was killed by a Depraved Being during a battle.

A millennium later, a group of adventurers from the United Kingdom stumbled upon the broken ring in the ruins where the Thunder Dragon Clara once fought the Depraved Being, and it was subsequently bought at a high price by the second prince, Ban Meikailande, at an underground auction.

Under someone else’s guidance, Ban Meikailande realized the extraordinary origins of this item and invested heavily to have it restored and used.

Later, the God of Magic’s Guardian Ring was stolen by the ratman Plakaka and eventually fell into the hands of another entity.】

“So that’s how it is… the God of Magic…”

The Priestess, born into sudden clarity, took out another black gem from her backpack for comparison.

No wonder this item felt familiar; indeed, both contained remarkably similar energies upon examination.

In other words, this 【God of Magic’s Guardian Ring】 also originated from that God of Magic, Olivya.

Although perhaps because of the high caliber of the counterpart, the true names of the God of Magic, Olivya, and the other entity known as the God of Thunder remained vague within the records stored in the equipment, it was highly likely that xxxx referred to those four characters.

Moreover, compared to the 【God’s Gem (Fragment)】 received from the Dark Jungle, which was so damaged that information was largely incomplete, the 【God of Magic’s Guardian Ring】 clearly mentioned the term “Divine Cataclysm.”

This beautifully matched up with the elder dragon turtle, Guardian Nasarion, mentioning the disappearance of the魔龙 and God of Magic after a certain day a thousand years ago, hinting at that particular fierce battle.

So indeed, those gods a thousand years ago must have experienced something that led to most of them falling in battle.

However, even now, this world does not lack traces of deities.

For instance, there’s the classic example of the Light Goddess, Aurora, from the Holy Empire, and Minerva, the God of Sky and Freedom, revered by the Winged People, plus some perhaps legendary but certainly named local gods.

Perhaps these gods are survivors from that mysterious disaster, understanding the underlying truths.

Uh… but how can one meet them? According to some doctrines, the true forms of deities seem not to exist in this world, right?

After briefly organizing her thoughts, Vilyric decided to momentarily disregard that so-called Divine Cataclysm; after all, it happened a thousand years ago and had little to do with her current self as a Priestess. Gathering information could always be delayed for later.

Right now, she was focused on a very important task.

Watching her master repeatedly clink the ring and black gem together, producing a jingling sound, the Little Dragon Daughter tilted her head in confusion.

“Master, what are you doing?”

“Huh? This isn’t magic; according to the routine, two items crafted by the same god should emit some weird glow and reveal some hidden secret when they touch, right? Why isn’t anything happening? Am I doing it wrong?”

Vilyric refused to accept defeat and tried a different angle, but all she got in response was a series of crisp sounds.

“…?”

The Little Dragon Daughter had long noticed that her usually smart and reliable master could be surprisingly straightforward in peculiar areas, giving off an air of silliness.

Like hidden tasks, treasure collection, or piecing together equipment fragments, particularly the so-called European metaphysics, which she mentioned nonstop throughout the day.

It truly left the dragon puzzled.

Fortunately, after several failed attempts, Vilyric seemed to finally abandon her pursuit of triggering a so-called “hidden task,” her face expressing dissatisfaction as she tossed the ineffectual black gem back into the void and continued her study of the purple ring.

“It’s definitely bound to that guy Ban; high-level equipment really is different, but that’s not a huge problem.”

If it were an ordinary player in this 【Fantasy World】, reaching level 100 might still leave them helpless against equipment binding, having no choice but to risk destroying it to forcibly dismantle it. But Vilyric… had a special trick up her sleeve.

After waving her hand to cast a powerful barrier covering the entire room, the Priestess extended her palm upward with her hand flat and slowly exhibited a mysterious wave akin to creation, sprouting lush, miniature ancient trees from thin air.

Artifact: 【Simulated Kabbalah Tree of Life】.

This equipment, specially bound to Vilyric, had the greatest characteristic of being able to transform into any non-living, non-artifact-grade item that Vilyric had touched, accurately reproducing its effects.

And as an artifact, the most absurd aspect was that even consumable items could be simulated without causing herself to be depleted.

Although the transformation ability had a cooldown, in a way, it functioned as an endlessly usable universal consumable.

“Master, are you going to use that again?”

Blinking her eyes, the Little Dragon Daughter gazed at the mysterious ancient tree in the black-haired girl’s hand with curiosity but no discomfort. After all, she wasn’t as clueless as some Princess who couldn’t even bear the external waves of an artifact.

In fact, it wasn’t the Little Dragon Daughter’s first time watching her master use that tree to create all sorts of peculiar items.

“Yep, it’s the easiest… make it appear!”

With the call to action, the ancient tree in Vilyric’s hand suddenly erupted with brilliant colors, and the next moment, it transformed into something entirely different, aligning with the Priestess’s desires.

It was a single white leather glove made from an unknown material, adorned with multicolored gems, and with a circle of not-too-sharp spikes around the wrist.

“Hehe, every time I use this thing, it feels a bit thrilling.”

Vilyric chuckled mischievously as she put on the glove and touched the dark purple ring with her fingertips.

At last, this piece of equipment responded.

Swish swish swish swish ~

Flashing light revealed several bizarre objects arranged on the bed, all of which were items that Ban had stored within the 【God of Magic’s Guardian Ring】, easily stolen by the Priestess bypassing binding.

Achieving such a feat was naturally credited to that white glove.

Half-artifact — 【Thief’s Grasp】.

This wasn’t an artifact that Vilyric owned; rather, she had seen it on a high-level NPC she met during a mission in 【Fantasy World】, known as the 【Divine Thief】.

The effect of this half-artifact was that as long as it came into contact with any equipment below artifact grade, it could ignore binding effects and forcibly use all its native abilities.

Moreover, that NPC 【Divine Thief】 also possessed another half-artifact glove — 【Steal the Day, Exchange the Night】, which could unconditionally and instantly steal one piece of artifact-grade or lower equipment from targets within sight, akin to the swapping ring used by Plakaka, yet evidently much more powerful.

These two gloves combined, it was almost a case of stealing whatever they desired, which had made Vilyric envious… cough, frustrated!

While the 【Simulated Kabbalah Tree of Life】 could change into any item, it could only imitate one piece of equipment at a time, so it was destined not to pull off this stealing combo.

What a shame… truly a shame…

   

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