Chapter 192 Aurora, The Eternal Ice Maiden
Sitting on the back of Yin, they made their way back to the kingdom.
During this, Shiro checked the loot that she managed to receive from the goddess. Within her bracelet, there was a total of 5 items. Two materials, one pill, one bag and one jade core.
Out of the five items, the bag aroused her interest the most. From her guesses, it should be either the wish bag or the emergency bag.
[Emergency Bag – Purple]
Gives whoever opened this an item that they need.
Looking at the bag, Shiro's eyes glistened with joy. Regardless of what this bag gave her, it was definitely going to assist her.
Putting the bag into her pocket, she was going to open it once she checked the other items.
[Divine Metal – Red]
A rare metal that is used to infuse divine essence into a weapon of choice. Can only be used on weapons that has reached the Red grade.
[Heavenly Runes – Red]
A set of runes that will merge with a weapon or armour in order to boost its prowess. Can only be used on a weapon or armour that has reached the Red grade.
Looking at the two weapons, Shiro instantly understood that the goddess had wanted her to give these to Lisandra.
By doing this, not only will she help Lisandra win the war, but also boost her future vessel.
'Unfortunately for her, she doesn't know that I have a weapon that is bounded to me and can grow.' Shiro thought with a smile. She was going to be a little selfish and keep them to herself.
'System, store these two into final rewards chest.' Shiro commanded in her head.
[Storing failed. As pivotal items of the quest, user cannot store them away unless they complete the quest without using them.]
Frowning at the system message, Shiro shook her head.
'Seems like it wouldn't be that easy.'
Setting the two aside in her bracelet, she took out the pill.
[Celestial Pill – Orange]
A medicine that will heal the user to max health as long as they haven't died. Not only that, it will also embed them with the passive [Celestial Might] for a short moment of time.
'This would probably be good against the demon king.' Shiro thought to herself. However, she wasn't confident about it due to the fact that the demon king was tier 6!
Looking at the final item, which was the jade core, Shiro inspected it and couldn't believe what she had just seen.
"Holy sh*t!" Shiro cried out as she was in complete disbelief.
'Heavenly Constellation Jade!! How the hell can she give something like this away' She thought, seeing the item.
[Heavenly Constellation Jade – Red]
Activate this jade in order to receive a skill corresponding to the heavenly constellations.
(Depending on one's potential, the amount of Heavenly Constellation Jade's that can be opened is limited.)
The heavenly constellation jade was an extremely valuable item that she had only seen records of. While it is graded at red, if one was to get a good constellation skill, the value would surpass it easily.
However, at the same time, the risks are also just as big. If they got a weak constellation and weak potential, the jade would be wasted. Not only that, there was a higher grade version of this jade so they would waste their slot if they activated this jade.
"What's wrong teach?" Lisandra asked, seeing her sudden outburst.
"Nothing, I was just surprised at the item." Shiro quickly shook her head.
Looking at her system, she was given the prompt of whether or not she wanted to activate the jade. And of course, her answer was YES!
*BOOM!
The core in her hands released a blinding light as the skies turned dark.
*Ting~
A light jingle could be heard as stars lit up one by one..
*Ting ting ting ting~
As stars continue to light up, Shiro looked at the sky with anticipation.
*BOOM!!!!
The first star let off a golden light and started to connect to the other stars. Soon, they were all linked together and sent down a beam of energy towards Shiro.
Yin, who didn't know that this was the result of Shiro's item, quickly flew to the side to avoid the beam.
"Gah! Yin stop! If this princess isn't hit by this light today watch me disown you!" Shiro cried out in shock.
Yin tilted her head in confusion before nodding reluctantly.
'Forget it, mum isn't suicidal.' She thought.
As the light landed on Shiro, she felt a foreign energy permeate through her body.
[Due to the state of mana links, only a small portion of the Heavenly Constellation Skill is available. As host continues to repair your links, more of the skill will be opened. Current progress (3%)]
The light started to fade as Shiro glanced at her new skill.
[Heavenly Constellation – Aurora, The Eternal Ice Maiden (Passive)]
All Ice related Elemental attacks are converted to Eternal Ice.
Gained Title: Eternal Ice Maiden
Gained Eternal Ice Augmentation
Converted True Elemental Armour (Ice) to Eternal Ice Elemental Armour
Shiro's lips curved into a smile when she saw the skill. That was because even though it was just at 3%, the initial bonus was incredible in her opinion.
Not to mention the fact that she knew of the constellation Aurora since it was one that belonged to her old world!
Aurora, The Eternal Ice Maiden, is the twin sister of Fyr, The Eternal Fire maiden. Back her world, there was a myth surrounding this constellation. During her prime, Aurora had fought a devastating battle of which the result was both her and her sister was killed and shattered into the stars. Those who are born under their constellation would either have enhanced ice magic or enhanced fire magic. Not only that, the reason as to why they were called the Eternal maidens was due to the fact that hardly anyone could melt or put out their magic!
Shiro remembered an ice mountain that was rumoured to have been created by Aurora. When she saw it, she tried to attack it with all her might but could barely make a chip on the surface and that was when she was at tier 6!
If the myths were true, she had gained a massive fortune.
Naturally, even with this passive skill, her ice wasn't truly eternal since she was only at Tier 2. Anyone in the mid to peak of tier 3 could shatter her ice easily. But the chance of it becoming 'eternal' was good enough.
Smiling lightly, Shiro flexed her fingers as ice started to form around her. This time, the coldness radiating from it was many times bigger than before.
Thawing the ice, she took out the bag.
"Let's see what we get this time." Shiro smiled and opened the bag.
[Enhanced Fairy Element Core – Orange]
A core received from a very powerful elemental fae. Can be used to class up.
Shiro's heart pounded in excitement since this meant she was one step closer to classing up. Right now, all that she was lacking was C class mana stones, a raid completion with more than 30% contribution and a corrupted demon core.
"Seems like you're happy with the rewards teach." Lisandra smiled.
"Indeed. By the way, what happened with your sword?" Shiro asked as she was quite curious.
"You can check for yourself." Lisandra said as she gave Shiro her sword. She wasn't afraid of Shiro stealing it since she knew Shiro had better things to do.
Looking at the sword, Shiro was surprised to see the passive skill.
[Light Goddess's Suppression]
Suppresses all demonic beings while in the presence of the light goddess. However, due to the blessing of the light goddess, this is able to weaken the demon king by 90% for 3 hours. (One time use.)
Seeing this bonus, Shiro knew that this was a prime chance. Everything she had received right now clearly gave her a chance at clearing the final step of the hidden quest. However! Even if the demon king was suppressed by 90%, he was still a genuine tier 6 legend!
Her mind turned to figure out a plan on how to clear the last step when she inadvertently glanced at her class up requirements.
'F*ck! Who said that raids had to be dungeon generated? Can't this princess organise the raid?' She thought in realisation.
Since her goal was to clear the last step, stop the demon king, it didn't matter if she had to defend or attack! Plus, it can also help her clear one of her class up requirements.
"Old man!" Shiro called out.
"What?"
"I just had an idea. You know how Lisandra's sword can now suppress the demon king by 90% for 3 hours? Why don't we raid his castle with the high level humans?" Shiro suggested with a smile.
"This… is feasible . But they're weakened after so many years of constant fighting, I don't think success is possible." The king frowned. Even a powerhouse couldn't fight for so many years in a row with barely any rest. While the demon king is weakened, so are they!
"I can heal them to a certain extent so it should be fine. But the main thing is whether or not they can join us to raid the demon king's castle." Shiro persuaded.
"Mn… there's still the problem of the battlefield though. They can't just leave the demons alone or else the citizens will be killed." The king replied helplessly.
"Old man, you forget what I can do, didn't you? Just get someone that could command the army to take over and order them while I made everyone a Nanotech gunner." Shiro grinned.
The king widened his eyes as he realised that this was indeed a possibility.
"Wouldn't that be too big of a task?" He asked in clear disbelief.
"Nope. The only thing troublesome would be the first ones I create. After that, it'll spread like a virus and convert everyone else without affecting me." Shiro smiled.
"…. Ok. I'll send out a signal for a gathering of the guardians. We can discuss it there." The king said seriously. If there's a chance to get rid of the demon king, he'll take it. Even more so now that Shiro had convinced him with eh amount of trump cards that she kept up her sleeves.
Pulling out a talisman, the king bit his thumb and traced it down the middle before throwing it into the air.
Splitting up into nine pieces, the talisman shot off into nine different directions.
"We should head to the gathering place now that I've sent out the note. I can guarantee that everyone will attend since we are only allowed one note each." The king smiled lightly before pointing Yin in the way towards their destination.
Shiro only nodded before closing her eyes. Sitting in a lotus position, she was going to check her mana realm after her glacial magic had been augmented by Eternal Ice.
Opening her eyes once more, she found herself surrounded by 5 islands that were much bigger than before. Naturally, this was due to the fact that each of them were now tier 3.
Floating over to the ice island, she was slightly surprised at the coldness of the place.
The entire island was constructed from ice and snow while modes of pale blue light danced around the place.
Most importantly, she could see her Eternal Ice Elemental armour within the centre of the island.
Rather than armour, it was better to describe it as an outfit. The outfit mainly consisted of a sleeveless blue dress, white gloves and white stockings that were connected to the shoes. Not only that, it was also surrounded by several translucent blue raiments that floated around it, giving the outfit a feeling that it was something a celestial would wear.
Just approaching the outfit gave Shiro the chills.
Smiling in satisfaction, Shiro glanced towards her true elemental armour on the other islands. It was pretty much the same design but their respective colours that were linked to the element. The only one that was different would be the shadow armour.
The entire outfit seemed like it was made from shadows which made Shiro feel a little embarrassed since it looked like her bare body would be exposed with a gust of wind.
"Forget it, unless I need to, this princess won't wear the shadow true elemental armour. I'm not an exhibitionist." Shiro shook her head and exited the mana realm.
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After 2 days of travel, the king gestured for Yin to land since they have arrived.
Looking at their location, Shiro saw that they were going to enter a tall tower in the centre of a giant city, much larger than the kingdom.
Leading them through the halls, the king pushed open the doors to reveal a grand hall that had 9 authoritative figures sitting on chairs around a table.
"Old bastard, did your speed decrease with your level? How the hell did you take so long to arrive." One of them laughed in a joking manner.
"You're still the same." The king chuckled and shook his head.
"Little Lis, how have you been? Seems like you've had quite the experience." He said as he looked over to Lisandra.
"I've been fine thank you." Lisandra replied with a polite smile.
"And you two are?" He asked politely. He remembered that in the note the king had sent out, it stated that two very important guests are coming.
"I'm Shiro, Lisandra's tutor and this is Yin-"
"Mum's number 1 baby." Yin grinned, cutting Shiro off.
This caused them to look at Shiro once more and saw that she looked quite young. At first, they thought that Yin was her little sister or something but to think it was her daughter.
However, they quietly dismissed the thought since there were people who were quite old but looked young due to their power and level.
"Anyways, sit down and let's discuss how we're going to kill the demon king. I hear that you have a plan?" He smiled and gestured for them to sit down.