Chapter 32: Netheril (1)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Troublesome thing.”

Garen looked at the sun sculpture and looked away to avoid falling into deep thought.

Relying on physical methods alone did not seem to have any effect on the sun sculpture.

“If I can’t destroy it, I can just throw it into a corner?”

Garen shook his head and felt that it was a pity to throw it away.

No matter what, it was an item related to the gods. He vaguely felt that although this sun sculpture was strange, if it was used well, it might be able to bring about unexpected effects.

A moment later, Garen retracted his gaze. His dragon claw touched his chin and he thought to himself, “The most important thing now is to understand what kind of creature the sun sculpture will affect.”

According to the current information, he and the two-headed ogre were affected and bewitched.

Ordinary ogres were not affected at all when they looked at the sun sculpture. Apart from being indestructible, this thing seemed to be an ordinary wooden sculpture to them.

“Uga, carry the sun sculpture over there.”

Garen pointed at a large empty venue.

After Uga moved the sun sculpture over, he looked at Garen and seemed to want to say something. However, in his vision, Garen’s dragon wings shook, causing a whistling wind to surge into the sky. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the night.

Garen flew at high speed and returned to the Ice River Domain.

He grabbed an ordinary Northern Ice Spirit and flew it into the sky without any reason.

In the air, the Northern Ice Spirit looked up at Garen and said respectfully, “Master, do you have anything you want me to do?”

Garen lowered his head to look at it. It was difficult to distinguish between a man and a woman, and the ice crystal face that had neutral beauty was filled with reverence.

“It’s a small experiment. If it succeeds, I’ll reward you.”

Garen did not say what would happen if it failed, but the Northern Ice Spirit was more intelligent. When it heard Garen’s words, it vaguely guessed the consequences of failure. However, there was no dissatisfaction or fear on its face. Instead, it had an expression of pride in being able to do things for Garen.

This was the power of the dragon blood transformation.

It had a certain brainwashing effect.

As for inhumane things like using his servants to do dangerous experiments… In Garen’s opinion, it was very normal.

His servants enjoyed his protection under his dragon wings, so they naturally had to sacrifice their lives for him when necessary.

In the end, they were only servants who served him. Garen did not care what they thought of him. Be it seeing him as a kind master or a ferocious evil master, it did not affect him at all.

Due to the fact that he was flying at full speed, it did not take long for Garen to return to the Ogre Basin. The ogres had already returned to their usual appearance. They surrounded the large iron pot and were talking about something. Uga Bone Crusher straightened his body and carried a black hammer as he patrolled the basin, enjoying the status and power that belonged to the leader of the ogres.

Boom!

Garen landed on the ground and retracted his dragon wings. He had already put down the Northern Ice Spirit and brought it to the sun sculpture.

“Master?”

The Northern Ice Spirit looked at Garen in confusion, not understanding what it needed to do.

Garen said in a low voice, “Look at the sun sculpture on your right.”

He suspected that the sun sculpture would only bewitch creatures with higher intelligence, so almost all the ogres were immune to its influence. The intelligence of Uga Bone Crusher was considered high among ordinary ogres, but compared to the Northern Ice Spirit, it was inferior.

The intelligence of elemental lifeforms was generally much higher than adult humans. Even if the Northern Ice Spirits were the product of failure, this failure was displayed in their combat strength. Their intelligence was not low.

The Northern Ice Spirit followed Garen’s instructions and turned to look at the sun sculpture.

Garen untied the frost ice crystal and revealed its true body. The eyeballs embedded in the ball, the appearance of the dark sun, the surrounding fine tentacles… They were all filled with a strange and chilling feeling.

The Northern Ice Spirit looked at the sun sculpture nervously and guessed that this was probably the small experiment that Garen had mentioned.

However, what it was puzzled about was that it was only a strange-looking sculpture. What danger could it be?

Garen silently observed the change in the Northern Ice Spirit at the side. As the scattered snow fell, the surrounding atmosphere seemed to have become much heavier.

In the first three to four seconds, the Northern Ice Spirit looked normal, as if it was not affected at all.

However, when it stared at the sun sculpture for more than five seconds, a change happened.

On the indistinguishable face of the Northern Ice Spirit, a pair of eyes carved from ice crystals suddenly became blank. Everything else in its vision seemed to have disappeared, and only the existence of the sun sculpture remained in the world.

“He is born from the black fog. He is the Creator of the black fog.”

“…”

“He is the Creator of everything. He is the Supreme Sun.”

A low murmur that was difficult to understand sounded in her ear. It was like the bewitching voice of a demon that entered her soul, causing the Northern Ice Spirit to involuntarily reveal a pious expression.

At the same time, the Northern Ice Spirit began to move, approaching the sun sculpture bit by bit.

Seeing this, Garen’s expression became serious. He berated in a low voice, “Stop!”

The Dragon’s Might swept out from Garen’s body and swept past the Northern Ice Spirit.

Affected by the dragon’s might, the Northern Ice Spirit’s body shook, and a trace of clarity appeared on its face. It looked at the sun sculpture in shock, but this trace of clarity was instantly immersed in a low murmur as it continued to approach the sun sculpture step by step.