BXBX NOVEL Chapter 58: The Search
Chapter 58: The Search
A rift opened up beside Alister, and Terra gazed at Alister expectantly, awaiting his response to her question about what he had been seeking inside the treasure trove. Alister met her eye, his expression calm yet thoughtful.
\'I\'m searching for components to craft something called the Omnipotent Elixir,\' Alister explained in his thoughts.
Terra\'s eyes widened slightly in surprise, her curiosity piqued by the mention of such a legendary potion.
\'The Omnipotent Elixir?\' she repeated, her voice filled with awe. \'That\'s quite a task, my lord.\'
"As my memory serves, the items required are: a true dragon\'s heart crystal, world tree sap, phoenix feather and an ethereal moonstone.\'
Alister glanced back at the holographic display hovering before him, showing the list of required items, he confirmed Terra was right.\'
"Indeed," Alister said.
"They\'re rare and powerful components, but I believe they can be found. Terra, if your eyes are truly capable of finding and discerning treasure. Can you help me search for them?"
Terra replied. "Of course."
"Leave it to me. I\'ll begin searching for these items immediately."
Alister smiled gratefully at Terra, "Thank you, Terra. Your assistance means a lot to me."
With a nod in the mindspace, Terra turned and began to focus her attention inward, tapping into her innate abilities to sense and locate rare artifacts.
Alister glanced around the treasure-filled chamber, ensuring Yuuto was occupied before speaking quietly to Terra. "Avoid being seen by Yuuto. We don\'t want to draw unnecessary attention."
Terra nodded in the mind realm. "Understood, my lord."
"Check the north side while I search the south side," Alister instructed, his voice firm.
With that, they both moved. Terra\'s eye floated around, thanks to the capabilities of the mind space, scouting the area with glances. Alister, meanwhile, scanned the southern expanse, hoping to find a clue among the piles of treasure.
However, as Terra began to hover further away, Alister felt a strange, chain-like sensation in his chest, pulling him back.
He and Terra stopped suddenly, both of them feeling the unusual restraint.
"What is this?" Alister muttered, confused by the sudden strange sensation in his chest.
A notification from the system flashed before him, explaining.
[Summoning distance limit reached!—the maximum distance the player\'s summons can step out from the mind realm.]
"I should have remembered this," Alister said. "A summoner can\'t summon his creatures just anywhere; there\'s a limit to where they can emerge from."
Summoning distance is not to be mistaken for the distance away from a summon a summoner can be. This specific limit refers to the maximum distance from themselves that a summoner can make their summon emerge. Once emerged, a summon can travel as far as they want, and it won\'t stop the summoner from being able to unsummon them.
Understanding the situation, Alister turned to Terra\'s hovering eye. "We\'ll need to stay within a closer range. Let\'s adjust our search patterns accordingly."
Terra nodded, recalibrating her search strategy. "As you command, my lord."
With that, they resumed their search, this time more mindful of the summoning distance limit. Terra\'s eye continued to sweep the area with focus, while Alister meticulously climbed through the treasures within their limited range, determined to find the components for the Omnipotent Elixir.
\'Based on the icons the system displayed,\' he thought to himself, \'I should be able to find the items. They should possess massive magical auras, so I should focus on detecting those.\'
He looked around the area, letting his senses attune to any powerful magical energies that might indicate the presence of one of the required components, or at least an item with a strong magical aura.
Meanwhile, back at the massive doors, Yuuto stood deep in thought. He let out a deep sigh, a rare moment of vulnerability slipping through his usually composed demeanor.
"I never would have thought a time would come when I\'d be so excited I can\'t even wait for something," he thought aloud. His eyes softened as a smile curved his lips.
"I guess I should help the boy out a little, all this waiting is actually killing me," Yuuto said, his voice filled with a touch of amusement.
"Besides, although it was left with me for safekeeping, there shouldn\'t be anything wrong with returning it to its rightful owner."
With a calm stride, Yuuto began to move, his mind set on assisting Alister.
As Yuuto approached the entrance of the chamber, he paused, his eyes looking around the room for any signs of Alister.
\'Alright... let\'s do this.\' he thought.
He allowed his silver mana to emanate from his body, allowing senses to expand, hoping to pinpoint the locations of the treasures that Alister searched for.
He acted so confidently one would almost assume he was wall aware of what Alister was looking for.
As his mana stretched across the entire treasury, he felt Alister\'s presence, and... something
else.
\'Wait... this presence... isn\'t it?\'
He smiled again, instead of thinking further he began to walk inside the treasury silently. Inside the treasury, Alister continued his search.
Suddenly, Alister\'s attention was drawn to a faint but distinct pulse of mana coming from a
pile of gold.
\'That\'s a strong aura, it must belong to one of items.\' Alister thought to himself.
He approached cautiously, his heart pounding in his chest. As he sifted through the gold, a small, crystalline object caught his eye-its surface shimmering with a powerful blue light. As Alister held the crystal in his hand, a system window materialized before him, displaying the item\'s information.
[Item status window
Name: Eternal Bondmaster
Rank: SS
Description: This artifact has the unique ability to transform into a weapon that perfectly fits the wielder. Once it has taken the form of a weapon, it will bond with the user, allowing it to grow stronger as the user grows stronger. However, once it has taken its final form, it cannot
change back.]
Alister\'s eyes widened in surprise as he read the details.
"An SS rank item." He said to himself, as he admired the item.
The Eternal Bondmaster was indeed remarkable, a item that could turn into a wepon capable
of evolving alongside its wielder, anyone who saw such an item would not hesitate to take it
for themselves.
"This looks amazing."
"But it\'s not what I\'m looking for, I have to keep searching."
Despite how amazing it was, Alister knew it wasn\'t what he was currently searching for. He gently placed the crystal back among the other treasures and continued his search.