Magic Shop System

Kadyn poured the poison inside the emperor's mouth and used his Spiritual Energy to drive it towards the Nightmare poison. The emperor groaned and his body trembled in pain. The trio looked tense as Kadyn continued to close his eyes. The beads of sweat started to gather on his forehead.

The blue color deepened on the emperor's face. Hayla and others clenched their teeth, suppressing their urge to rush and stop Kadyn. However, as the time passed the blueness on 'his' face started to wane. The trio's eyes lit up, exchanging anticipated glances.

It took around half an hour before Kadyn retracted his hand from the emperor's head. He fell on his butt, wiping the sheen of sweat from his temple. He looked at the siblings behind him and a smile appeared on his face. "It's done," he said.

Only then the expression eased and a smile blossomed on their face. "We are very grateful for your help. If you need any help in the future, please, inform us." The Crown prince indeed looked appreciative. 

Kadyn had heard how terrible the relationship of the princes and princesses could become, as they were the competitors of each other. However, he never saw that kind of competition among these three.

"Well, I don't need any help for the moment," Kadyn said, then went on. "But I would like to claim our rewards for killing the enemies in the battle. Take it." He passed the space ring to Hayla. "Inside, there are the palms of the right hand of the enemies as proof that we killed them."

The trio looked at him with mouth agape. Kadyn scratched his head and said, "What? You have any problem with this?"

"Ah, no," the Crown prince shook his head, as he looked at Kadyn. "I will send the reward money when we get back there."

"Thank you," nodded Kadyn. That was a few thousand energy points, and he didn't want to miss them after doing all the shit. Though he could ask money for treating the emperor as well, he didn't want to lose the favorable impression in the eyes of the royal family. He was still living in the Ceston Empire, and he would have to deal with them on many occasions.

"Cough! Cough!"

Everyone turned around in surprise and found that the emperor had already opened his eyes. "Didn't your treatment work too fast?" Hayla asked as she poured the water for her father.

"I have given him a healing and mana replenishing potion, after removing the poison, that's why he could wake up so fast. I have used 2 rank 3 potions and 1 rank 3 poison. Well, I guess I can use this favor in the future, and you won't be able to refuse, hehehe."

Hayla rolled her eyes when she heard him. Others in the room also smiled. "You have an amazing sense of humor, brother Kadyn," Grym said.

Everyone became a lot relaxed after the emperor woke up. "He just needs to rest for a day or two, and he will be as good as new," Kadyn said.

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After sending the guests Kadyn entered his Meditation Chamber. He needed to check something out. He sat on the floor and closed his eyes. He looked inside his consciousness and his gaze fell upon the Sprout. Right now it has become somewhat bigger than before. He could feel it. Furthermore, he could also sense many kinds of energy from the Sprout. So his consciousness entered the Sprout.

"Is—is that water?" Kadyn felt a soothing energy, flying in the void. That was definitely a water element. "This is healing element," he muttered after sensing another ball of energy. There were lots of healers on the battlefield in which many remained there for forever. "Huh? Why this element feels like dark element?" he found an element similar to dark element but not exactly the dark element. It was something else. "It's shadow element. It's a branch of the dark element as the healing element is the branch of the life element."

Kadyn nodded and focused on the shadow element and then pushed it towards the dark element. As soon as they neared each other, the dark element devoured the shadow element.

Now there were eleven elements inside the Sprout. His other elements looked much stronger than before. "It must be because they have devoured the 'same' element from the corpses. Only shadow and healing and water elements were left behind as they are different from others. I could merge the shadow element with the dark element because of their similar properties, as they have come from a similar source. But healing and water elements are completely different. So now I have two more elements."

Kadyn nodded in understanding. Then he stopped abruptly. "If the World Lotus Sprout could devour all the elements—why didn't it devour the devouring element of the Bone Spear Tower? There were quite a few poison masters as well. Where is, then, the poison element?"

He frowned and then he thought about something. "The poison element isn't a natural element, people formed it after using a trick. Does that mean the devouring element is also man-made? Yes, that must be the case."

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"If that is true," the emperor spoke after Grym reported a matter to him, "then the chances of our survival are very low."

"Is it really that serious, father?" Hayla asked with a worried face.

"You don't know how horrible those creatures are," Kallus said. "They are nothing but demons, they would rape woman diffrent from their own to increase their population, as their reproduction speed is too slow; they would eat children, old, and man. The Pengolla would turn into a living hell if those creatures were released."

"What should we do then, father?" asked Grym with a serious expression. He knew how strong willed his father was, if even he was feeling frightened by those creatures, they must be creatures of nightmare as the stories made them.

"What should we do?" Kallus looked at his son and said. "That's what I am thinking, too."

"And what about the Bone Spear Tower?" said Palio, feeling eager to get his revenge.

However, the emperor shook his head. "We don't need to worry about them now. If I was dead, they might have tried their luck, but I am still alive. They won't fight with us when they know what is about to come. The world is about to change. The real bloodshed is about to descend.. The whole Pengolla would face its greatest crisis—why would he care about us? If he does, then I would question his intelligence."