Chapter 181: Whoever Picks It Up, It’s Theirs!

The answer is — ley lines.

These energy veins flowing with the power of the world contain boundless magic that is unimaginable to ordinary people, even in small amounts.

I completely understood.

Sylvester must have initially intended to use the immense magical power within the ley lines to gradually repair this broken magic god’s treasure through the altar’s absorption… and the purpose of this was straightforward.

To use the restored magic god gem to open the temple doors here.

However, later on, due to the United Kingdom’s officials detecting signs of cultist activities near the shadowy jungle, they sent elite knights like Philena to investigate. Coupled with some interference from a certain Priestess, it ultimately led to the magic god gem not absorbing enough magic and instead falling into Miss Vilyric’s pocket.

So after that, feeling that he had failed and that he was now without meaning, Sylvester quickly shifted tactics and moved to the demon town region further north in the kingdom, launching a new plan.

It seems that although he lost the magic god gem, he eventually succeeded in finding another way to open the temple doors and has now entered it smoothly.

As for the Priestess who knew little about the magic god’s power and still didn’t know the gem could be repaired, she ran around with the half-fixed scrap and didn’t pay it much more attention.

As for why the magic god gem suddenly completed its repair…

To be honest, the only possibility Miss Vilyric could think of at this moment was one.

That is, when she was replenishing magic for Noviya not long ago, perhaps the Source of Magic within the latter, also a creation of the magic god, resonated closely with the magic god gem, establishing some sort of special connection through the laws.

While the Source of Magic absorbed Vilyric’s MP, it also fed power back to the magic god gem, helping it self-repair…

Yes! That’s it, it’s very likely!

So that’s why there was a massive amount of magic that mysteriously disappeared, soaring past 20 million MP!

After all, waking up a depleted treasure and restoring a shattered gem required completely different levels of cost, meaning — Chief Vanessa completely underestimated the amount of MP output by the Priestess at that time, not realizing Vilyric was actually doing two things simultaneously.

Perhaps in her view, converting it into numerical values, waking the depleted Source of Magic only required five to six million MP or even less, and since Vilyric couldn’t clearly express how much magic she provided at that moment, the former accepted the fact that “just relying on individual strength could awaken the Source of Magic” relatively easily.

“So… it turned out to be like this?”

This really is a rather laughable and unexpected reward.

However, such small surprises derived from fate and coincidences are one of the main reasons Vilyric remains intoxicated by adventure and finds joy in it.

Who would have thought the scene today would unfold when the girl casually took the fragment of the magic god gem back then?

The black-haired girl, with a complex expression that couldn’t hide her smile, shook her head helplessly, stepped into the now-opened temple, and waved her hand. The black gem that always floated near her seemed to obediently fall into her palm.

Clearly, from a series of actions, it was evident that this was a treasure with a considerable degree of spirituality.

Vilyric easily activated Information Detection.

A vast amount of information suddenly appeared before the girl’s eyes.

[Magic God Gem]

[Rank: Low-Level Artifact]

[Description: Once belonged to one of the six artifacts of the magic god Olivya, possessing the most powerful offensive capability. It was embedded at the tip of the magic god Olivya’s staff, once achieving great feats, suppressing countless enemies of the magic god, and enjoyed great popularity.

Later, when the disaster of the gods descended, the War of Twilight broke out. The magic god faced numerous powerful subordinates and gods in battle, and the fierce conflict lasted over ten days. The magic god ultimately fell during the fight, and its six artifacts were lost or damaged. The magic god gem was also shattered due to a terrible force impact, never regaining its previous power.

Millennia later, the gem fragment was found by the magic alchemist Sylvester Burwell. After several failed repairs, Sylvester decided to place it deep at the ley line convergence to replenish the required immense magic with the power of the world.

A month later, the magic god gem fragment was found and taken, experiencing various twists and turns, ultimately regenerating its brilliance and restoring its original power through the infusion of vast magic, leading to a breakthrough, transcending its original limits and reaching the artifact realm.]

“?”

Seeing this, the Priestess couldn’t help but frown.

What’s this, the last part… there are several inexplicable blanks? It looks like someone erased the originally existing text with an eraser?

Based on the context, Vilyric could easily guess that these blanks were likely her name. But generally speaking, isn’t name suppression just replaced with xxxx or something? What the heck is that “certain power”?

So strange…

Moreover, this time, the magic god Olivya’s name wasn’t shielded in the equipment introduction. Perhaps it’s because the magic god gem has become an artifact, reaching some standard in rank… or something like that?

Forget it… by the way, it’s actually an artifact! Although it’s only a low-level one, it’s already pretty powerful. This isn’t equipment produced in the 【Phantom Realm】, but genuine stuff from this world.

However, the introduction states that the magic god gem was helped to evolve into an artifact by some force whose name was erased, meaning that the original six artifacts of the magic god, at least for the magic god gem, actually didn’t reach this level, right?

Hmm… it feels quite complicated.

Well, even if it’s a bit mysterious, anyway, getting an artifact is a huge profit.

This magic god gem should be an attack-type, meaning it’s a weapon-type equipment, which somewhat conflicts with the 【Eternal Staff · Heart of the World】, and while it has a lot of added attributes and several impressive skills, it still doesn’t compare to the latter, which suits the Priestess better. After all, the Eternal Staff is a top-level artifact.

But one thing, the MP maximum and the added auto-recovery speed provided by the magic god gem are quite absurd, at least in this regard it is superior to the 【Eternal Staff · Heart of the World】. Although Vilyric generally doesn’t lack MP, it might have remarkable effects in certain special situations.

As she curiously toyed with the smooth and glossy gem in her hand, Vilyric chose not to waste any more time. Since the door is already open, moving forward cautiously is the correct choice.

This temple won’t be that simple; entering it is probably just the first step.

Considering there might be other effects, the Priestess didn’t rush to put the magic god gem back in her bag but let it continue floating nearby for flexibility.

This treasure once belonged to the magic god Olivya, but after such severe damage and reparation, and having passed a thousand years, it’s basically no different from being remade; with the magic god now having fallen, the only one who can control its existence is likely Vilyric, who personally repaired it with her magic.

Of course, even if the magic god really resurrected, they shouldn’t simply think of taking it back. Whoever picks it up, it’s theirs! That’s 20 million MP!

   

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