Chapter 2250 The Unnamed Land <TOC> Chapter 2252 Glass Box
Translator: SumTLMan
In the Tidal Realm, places inhabited by fire elemental creatures are few and far between, with the Fire Domain being the largest congregation area for such creatures. Most fire elemental creatures are born within the confines of this fiery domain.
Thus, when Dangros harbored suspicions about the presence of a fire elemental creature, his immediate thought was whether it originated from the Fire Domain.
Should it indeed hail from the Fire Domain and find itself in distress away from home, Dangros was inclined to offer assistance.
However, Dangros was also aware that any fire elemental creature capable of venturing outside must possess considerable strength. If such a creature encountered trouble, Dangros knew his power would likely fall short of being genuinely helpful, necessitating Angel’s intervention. With a hopeful gaze, he turned towards Angel.
After a moment of contemplation, Angel nodded, saying, “Alright, considering your recent satisfactory performance, I’ll agree.”
Dangros, momentarily taken aback, soon responded with a slightly embarrassed, “Have I been performing well lately… Thank you.”
Angel patted the side of the boat, signaling Speedling to change course.
Though Angel mentioned it was “in consideration of Dangros,” it was more of a casual remark. Upon Dangros’ suggestion of a possible fire elemental creature’s existence, Angel had already intended to investigate.
If it truly belongs to the creatures of the Fire Domain, there’s a certain probability that they are the group dispatched by Magu to distribute the Drama Shadow Boxes.
This group has significant ties to Angel, who does not wish for them to encounter any mishaps while abroad.
…
With Speedling at the helm, it only took half a minute to arrive near the mountain range where the black smoke originated.
As they approached the black smoke, Dangros immediately said, “I’ve sensed it, it’s indeed fire energy!”
Previously, due to the distance, they could only guess based on the drifting sparks and couldn’t be entirely sure if there were fire elemental creatures. However, now, as they sensed it from a closer distance, they could clearly detect fire energy.
Angel also sensed the presence of fire energy within the black smoke. Moreover, this energy’s arrangement did not seem natural but appeared to have been manipulated.
This means that Dangros’ speculation is very likely true, that there indeed exists a fire elemental creature within the black smoke.
Angel: “Let’s go down and take a look.”
As the Gondola descended, they got closer to the source of the black smoke. At this time, Angel also took note of the surrounding environment.
The black smoke originated from a valley surrounded by mountains.
As they descended, the presence of billowing flames within the black smoke became more palpable; however, beyond fire energy, Angel discovered another type of elemental energy. Although its presence was subtle, its widespread distribution even surpassed that of the fire energy.
“I sense something unpleasant,” Dangros frowned.
Lobert responded, “It’s water energy.”
Angel nodded, having also sensed water energy, an energy distinctly different from that of fire, now intertwining within the black smoke.
Soon, they landed at the bottom of the valley. Their location was on the edge of the valley, and looking towards the source of the black smoke from there, they found no clues. However, they could see that the spread of the black smoke was rapid, and it wouldn’t take long to envelop the entire valley.
Despite the black smoke obscuring visual perception, it could not block the probing of mental power.
Angel extended his mental tendrils into the smoke and quickly surveyed the situation inside.
He then turned to Lobert and asked, “Can you disperse the smoke?”
Lobert nodded, “It’s possible, but the elemental energies inside are intertwined, likely a battle between a fire elemental creature and a water elemental creature. Wouldn’t dispersing the smoke now cause a misunderstanding?”
Lobert implied that intervening might inadvertently turn both combatants against them.
It wasn’t that it feared losing to them; it simply preferred to avoid trouble.
“Everything is fine, the battle inside has already concluded,” Angel said.
Hearing this, Lobert no longer hesitated. His form swiftly expanded dozens of times in an instant, transforming into a beast as large as a small hill. Taking a deep breath, with a series of whooshing sounds of inflating, he opened his mouth and exhaled the air he had inhaled before.
This breath turned into countless white streams of air, carrying with them a terrifying wind energy, blowing towards the valley’s lingering black smoke.
After a gust swept away the remnants, in just a few seconds, most of the smoke in the valley was blown into the surrounding mountains, vanishing from sight.
Only at the source of the smoke, fine streams of smoke continued to rise, but even these were gradually dissipating under the continuous wind around them.
However, although the smoke had cleared, the valley was filled with howling winds, so strong that an ordinary person entering would likely have their skin torn.
For Angel, however, these winds were harmless. He stepped forward and walked into them.
Half a minute later, Angel arrived at the source of the black smoke.
Originally, this place should have been a grassy area by the lake shore, but now, the grass had been burnt to ash, and more than half of the lake water had evaporated, leaving the area in disarray.
The scene before them was caused by two seemingly small sprite creatures.
Despite their ages not justifying the term “small,” these two elemental creatures were indeed much smaller compared to other mature creatures of their kind.
One was a fiery red frog that, when standing, probably only reached up to Angel’s thigh height. It lay on the scorched earth, surrounded by ashes and vegetation.
The other creature, larger than the red frog, was a small raccoon with a coat of light and dark blue hues intermingling. It lay with its limbs in the air, on a rock by the lake shore.
Both the fiery red frog and the water-blue raccoon had their eyes closed, resembling the shape of incense coils, clearly indicating they had fallen into unconsciousness.
Judging by the scene, it appeared they had both suffered mutual defeat.
The fiery red frog, undoubtedly a fire elemental creature, was also the creator of the rolling black smoke. Even in its unconscious state, black smoke continued to billow from its mouth, the cause of which was unknown.
As for the blue raccoon, it was unquestionably a water elemental creature. Although it wasn’t emitting smoke, water was streaming from its mouth, suggesting its condition was also dire.
While Angel was observing these two elemental creatures, Dangros leaped down from the Blood Night Sanctuary, crossed his index and middle fingers, and quickly approached the fiery red frog. He closely inspected the frog’s face to see if it was a visage he recognized.
Due to its unconscious state, the fiery red frog didn’t resist as Dangros manipulated its face, examining it thoroughly.
After a considerable amount of time, Dangros exhaled deeply and leaped off the belly of the frog, returning to Angel’s side, and said, “I took a careful look, and it’s not a fire elemental creature I’m familiar with. The flame fluctuations on its body are also entirely foreign to me.”
Angel also remembered that the fire elemental creatures dispatched by Mr. Magu to distribute the Drama Shadow Boxes were almost all of the flying type, and this frog was clearly not one of them.
Furthermore, since Dangros did not recognize it, there was a significant chance that it was not an elemental creature from the Fire Domain.
“Although I do not recognize this frog, the aura of this water elemental creature is quite unpleasant; I think it’s very likely from the Marlaya Mountain,” Dangros said, glaring resentfully at the raccoon in the lake. “It’s currently unconscious. Shall we…”
Before Dangros could finish his sentence, a pale blue Magic Hand grabbed Dangros from the ground.
“It hasn’t provoked you, so why attack it? Moreover, this place is not the Fire Domain; it belongs to a nameless area where all elemental creatures can step foot. Aren’t you being a bit too meddlesome?” Angel operated the Magic Hand to gently shake Dangros.
“Although it hasn’t provoked me, it has harmed that frog. As a fellow fire elemental creature, seeing one of our own being bullied, I definitely have to stand up for it,” Dangros said, struggling to break free from the restraint of the Magic Hand, which was holding him firmly in place and was not afraid of being burned, making all of Dangros’ efforts futile.
Angel said, “That water elemental creature might not be from the Marlaya Mountain. If you make a mistake and end up killing it, do you want to bring new hatred to the Fire Domain?”
“I won’t,” Dangros replied, his gaze flickering for a moment. He felt there was some truth in what Angel had said. Thus, although he was still struggling, he quieted down significantly.
“Alright, be good,” Angel gently patted Dangros’ hand, speaking in a soothing tone.
Perhaps the gentle voice calmed Dangros’ restless heart, as he gradually stopped struggling and quietly stayed in the grasp of the Magic Hand.
Seeing Dangros calm down, Angel no longer paid him mind and summoned two more Magic Hands, bringing a raccoon and a frog before him.
Angel told Dangros, “I’ll check this raccoon’s condition. You examine this frog and see how its injuries are.”
Faced with the life and death of a fellow creature, Dangros no longer resisted. He nodded, jumped onto the frog’s belly, and touched the frog’s mouth with his index finger, sensing the condition inside the frog.
Angel also went to the raccoon’s side, transmitting his mental power into the raccoon to investigate its condition.
Not long after, Angel heard Dangros exclaim, “There are so many gems hidden in this frog’s stomach!”
Angel turned his head and saw Dangros continuously pulling out various shining gems from the stomach of a frog. Some of these gems clearly possessed elemental properties and emitted a faint glow, dazzling and colorful under the sunlight.
“Are there water element gems in here too? Elemental creatures, even if they consume gems, shouldn’t ingest gems of a different element,” Angel pondered for a moment. “It seems, this fellow has a hobby of collecting gems? This behavior is very familiar, why does it feel like the hobby of dragons in stories?”
Angel shook his head, not dwelling on it further, and continued to check on the raccoon’s condition.
However, at that moment, Dangros spoke again, “I think I know what this frog is!”
Angel turned around, “Oh? You recognize it now?”
Dangros shook his head, “I still don’t recognize it, but I know its category. It’s a traveling frog!”
Traveling frog? Dangros’ words reminded Angel of a small fire frog he saw in the Fire Domain. At that time, Dangros said that fire frogs, when grown up, would turn into traveling frogs, spending their lives on journeys, bringing back many colorful… sparkling gems.
This fire-red frog, appearing in an unnamed place and carrying various gems, indeed matched the characteristics of a traveling frog.
“That’s great, this one is actually a traveling frog. If I save it, when it goes out traveling, it might bring back various gems for me,” Dangros’ eyes lit up, becoming even more intent on saving this fire-red frog.
Angel, however, didn’t have the leisure to entertain Dangros’ musings, as he had already sensed the elemental core within the raccoon.
Located in the raccoon’s tail was a crystal resembling a water droplet.
At this moment, the crystal droplet was covered with cracks, and as time passed, more and more cracks appeared…
Five minutes later, Dangros, with a look of dejection, lifted his head: “Mr. Pat, the elemental core within this traveling frog, it… it…”
Angel: “Broke?”
“Not broken, but it has developed many cracks, almost as if it were broken.” Dangros said sorrowfully, lowering his head: “This is not the Fire Domain, lacking the appropriate environment and fire elemental creatures like Mr. Magu, it’s simply impossible to heal it.”
This meant that there was basically no hope for the traveling frog, and Dangros’ effortless dream of gems was shattered.
“The elemental core inside this raccoon, just like the traveling frog’s, has also developed cracks.” Angel then revealed the raccoon’s condition: “It seems their battle was fierce, ending almost in mutual destruction.”
Hearing that the raccoon’s elemental core also had cracks, Dangros felt a moment of joy, but thinking of the traveling frog’s elemental core, his expression fell again: “So, what do we do now? Should I dig a hole here to use as a grave?”
Angel: “It hasn’t come to that, there’s still a chance for them to recover.”
“Can they still recover?”
In the doubtful gaze of Dangros, Angel squatted down and, from the pile of gems carried by the traveling frog, carefully selected several red-glowing fire gems and several blue-glowing water gems.
Angel said, “Use these.”
“Although these gems contain elemental energy, it’s not pure, nor is it concentrated enough to restore the traveling frog,” Dangros, who had also collected gems, knew well about their condition.
“That’s because you’re using them wrong,” Angel winked at Dangros. “Watch me.”
As he spoke, Angel took out two pieces of transparent glass beads from his bracelet. With a flame in his hand, he quickly refined the transparent marbles into two transparent glass boxes.
Then, Angel took out an engraving pen and blood ink, rapidly etching the corresponding runes on the glass boxes.
One was for refining water, and the other for fire.
These two runes could generate a rich elemental energy inside the glass boxes, but they required corresponding energy sources for consumption.
The elemental gems Angel took out could be used as the energy source.
These two runes were not difficult to create, especially when drawn in a relatively spacious area, not requiring too much precision. It only took half an hour to complete the runes.
After drawing the runes, Angel embedded the gems into the glass boxes.
Once the glass boxes began to generate an energy flow, the task was successfully completed.