Chapter 285: 285 The Ultimate Choice
"Magic Power?"
Reiger gazed at the pendant before him, deep in thought.
King Hemulinp had spoken of side effects, but Reiger didn’t care much about them.
With the skill of "Self-redemption," whether it was physical interference or spiritual, it was all ineffective against Reiger.
Even if there was a negative state that didn’t involve interference with his body or spirit, Reiger possessed the highest-level "Abnormal Resistance" ability, which left him entirely untroubled.
Therefore, Reiger didn’t pay attention to the so-called side effects, only the flaw that required astonishing Magic Power.
King Hemulinp, too, had considered this, recalling Reiger’s previous unaffected state by the "No Mist," and knew he probably wasn’t afraid of the divine artifact’s side effects.
But on the matter of Magic Power, he didn’t think Reiger would be able to overcome it.
"To replenish the divine artifact with Magic Power is a process that cannot be done by another’s hand, nor can it be interrupted,"
King Hemulinp reminded Reiger.
"Once you start to replenish the divine artifact with Magic Power, there can be no interruption; otherwise, the Magic Power just drawn out will vanish at once, leaving nothing behind."
"It won’t do to borrow someone else’s power either, as the divine artifact can only contain one kind of Magic Power; it cannot hold the Magic Power of more than one person at the same time. So even if you want to seek help, it’s not possible."
"The royal family once tried to use a special magical artifact to temporarily store a person’s Magic Power, hoping to fill the divine artifact after accumulating enough. The attempt still failed."
Which is to say, any clever little trick was futile.
To replenish the divine artifact with Magic Power, the holder must do it themselves without interruption along the way, or they would end up back at square one.
King Hemulinp also informed Reiger that the divine artifact’s power would only work for the person who had filled it completely with Magic Power. If someone could replenish it fully, that person could not hand over the divine artifact to someone else for use. If the replenisher was not the person themselves, the ancient secret treasure’s power would not be triggered.
The royal family of the Ginath Kingdom must have tried many shortcut methods, yet they could only leave the ancient secret treasure dormant here, which proved there was no shortcut to using it.
It’s possible that to this day, no one has been able to fully replenish the divine artifact’s Magic Power.
"In the past, it wasn’t that no one had possessed the divine artifact and successfully resisted its side effects."
"There were powerful magicians who cast spells to counteract abnormal states, and wealthy Swordsmen who used magical artifacts capable of resisting negative forces."
"However, despite resisting the divine artifact’s side effects, its demanding conditions still stumped everyone, including those born with immense Magic Power, the strategic-level wizards."
Those who could become strategic-level wizards needed not only the highest-grade Magic Aptitude in one of the seven aspects but also had to have the enormous Magic Power necessary to cast strategic-level magic.
The kind of magic that could destroy a large city or even a small country consumes a predictable amount of Magic Power to use.
And if they could not meet the replenishment requirements, it was even less likely for Reiger.
After all, Reiger was just a tactical-level mage; his Magic Power likely didn’t even compare to that of a strategic-level wizard. If a strategic-level wizard couldn’t do it, how could he?
That was King Hemulinp’s thought.
Indeed, it was true.
Reiger’s Magic Power was indeed vast, but when compared to Yuri, a strategic-level wizard, it was actually less.
If Yuri, a strategic-level wizard, couldn’t provide the divine artifact with sufficient Magic Power, then Reiger definitely couldn’t either.
This idea was correct... if one ignored the fact that Reiger was an adventurer blessed by the gods.
At that moment, Reiger reached out and took the divine artifact off the rack.
Just then, the transparent gemstone on the divine artifact, radiating a rainbow gleam, suddenly lit up.
"Hum!"
With a deep humming sound, Reiger distinctly felt his inner Magic Power draining away at a visible rate.
All of the Magic Power was being absorbed by the gemstone on the divine artifact, causing the transparent gemstone to gradually take on a greenish hue.
King Hemulinp, watching this scene, said nothing more, silently observing Reiger’s actions.
Of course, Reiger didn’t do anything; the process of Magic Power absorption was initiated by the divine artifact itself. He just held it, allowing it to suck out his Magic Power.
Normally, the Magic Power in Reiger’s body was rarely under his control.
Since was damaged, Reiger could not mobilize the Magic Power within this body, nor use it to cast spells. He could only stimulate the Magic during sword practice, allowing it to actively nourish his body, making himself continuously stronger. It wasn’t until he combined breathing techniques from two worlds, allowing the Day Breathing to evolve, that Reiger could slightly utilize some of the Magic Power, integrating it into his bloodstream to enhance the intensity of the breathing technique.
Therefore, if the act of replenishing the divine artifact with Magic Power required Reiger’s own efforts, he truly wouldn’t be able to use the body’s Magic Power for replenishment.
Now that the divine artifact was spontaneously drawing out Reiger’s Magic Power without his own actions, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
So, Reiger offered no resistance, letting his Magic Power flow into the divine artifact like water, causing the green hue on the transparent gemstone to increase and become more distinct.
Until about half of the transparent gemstone had turned green, the rate at which the divine artifact drained Magic Power suddenly decreased.
Reiger immediately sensed that the Magic Power within his body had nearly been depleted.
"As expected..."
King Hemulinp saw this and wasn’t surprised in the least, murmuring to himself.
In the past, a strategic-level wizard had been drained of Magic Power by the divine artifact, managing to fill only nearly eighty percent of it, ultimately falling short.
That was even after the strategic-level wizard had taken a Magic Potion that could rapidly restore Magic Power, which allowed for some recovery during the drainage process.
If he didn’t use a Magic Potion to aid his Magic Power recovery, he could only fill the divine power of the god Meloai to sixty percent at most.
The Tactical Level Magician used the highest grade Magic Power recovery potion, but ordinary potions’ recovery effects couldn’t keep up with the absorption rate of Meloai’s divine power.
Under such circumstances, Reiger managed to fill half of Meloai’s divine power, reaching fifty percent, which was already considered as one of the top among Tactical Level Magicians.
Unfortunately, it still wasn’t enough to fill Meloai.
King Hemulinp was about to speak up, asking Reiger to find another treasure.
But, just one second before King Hemulinp was about to speak, suddenly, a surge of Magic Power even greater than before burst forth from Reiger.
"This...!?"
King Hemulinp was taken aback.
Wasn’t his Magic Power nearly depleted?
How was it restored? And why did it seem even greater?
What the astonished King Hemulinp didn’t know was that the Magic Power now being summoned by Reiger was his true Magic Power.
This was Magic Power transformed from spiritual power, the fuel needed for casting magic in the Earth Mistake World.
Spiritual power was Reiger’s own Magic Power, which he could use and harness to cast magic.
Now, by using the trick of casting magic, Reiger had transformed spiritual power into Magic Power, providing it to Meloai, immediately boosting the slowing absorption rate back up to speed.
On the transparent gem, the emerald green color that had originally filled only half, now suddenly expanded once more.
Sixty percent...
Seventy percent...
Eighty percent...
Soon, the emerald green color on the transparent gem had filled ninety percent.
At this time, Reiger’s spiritual power was still more than sufficient.
It couldn’t be helped.
Reiger possessed the skill "Endless Horizon."
Thanks to this skill, Reiger had the highest level of ’Spiritual Healing’ development ability.
This development ability, which allowed for automatic recovery of spiritual power, was considerably substantial at the highest level, the S-tier, recovering a significant amount of spiritual power every second.
As a result, from the moment he became an adventurer and received Megumi’s blessing, Reiger had never experienced a depletion or shortage of spiritual power. No matter how much magic, he could continuously cast it with ease.
The absorption speed and volume of Meloai’s divine power were indeed formidable, but unfortunately, it encountered Reiger, the cheater.
"Clang!"
Finally, on the ancient secret treasure known as Meloai, the originally transparent gem completely turned emerald green, becoming a piece of jade-like green gem.
After nearly four hundred years, someone had finally filled this ancient secret treasure, restoring its former glory.
Reiger, looking at this ancient secret treasure, felt an even stronger predestined connection than before.
He had experienced this feeling once before.
It was the feeling he had when he obtained the animal skin map from Liz.
"This one."
Reiger grasped the pendant and turned to King Hemulinp.
"I choose this one."
Upon hearing this, King Hemulinp opened his mouth but was unable to say anything, falling into silence.
Meloai had been taken away.
That wasn’t a big deal.
The real big deal was that it had been filled, and was now usable.
Reiger was its user.
What did that mean?
It meant that if the royal family truly deemed to act against Reiger, they probably couldn’t do so anymore.
With the two effects of this ancient secret treasure for protection, even if attacked by multiple Sword Saints, even if a national-level force laid a trap for him, he had enough ability to save his life.
Now, even if they resorted to forbidden measures, they likely wouldn’t be able to touch him.
"Is that okay?"
Reiger asked calmly and indifferently, as if he could see right through King Hemulinp’s thoughts.
King Hemulinp stared at Reiger and after a moment, suddenly smiled.
"No problem."