Odyssey of the Blind God

Even though Nial was trying his utmost to understand the current situation as well as possible, it was pretty hard for him.

The Godly Spirit was likely to be part of an actual God, someone who was in possession of a Divinity and Divine energy. That God possessed some sort of power that was directly related to his Eyes. This was also why Nial didn't die, after all, his eyes were incapable of seeing something.

The God spoke about his eyes quite a lot but that was not the most important part since he survived his encounter with a God or a Spirit of a God. That was quite an achievement, something worth being happy about.

'I wonder what he had planned to do with the ancient civilization…calling them useless, but still wanting to kill me because I annihilated them. Feels like there was more meaning behind his words and I understood only parts of it.' Nial thought a little ruefully.

He collected his Devils and stored them inside the Heart of Darkness where they could replenish their energy at a much faster rate. That was necessary since their body had instinctively reacted to the Godly Spirit's area of effect attack by unleashing close to 100% of their dark energy.

Not only were they still injured, but they were drained of their dark energy which made them vulnerable to the outside. Unable to move around, the Devils were easy targets that required Nial's protection. Ryu was not faring well either, but it wasn't possible for Nial to store the Darkness Gryphon inside his Heart of Darkness. Instead of leaving Ryu, his poor Darkness Gryphon behind, Nial replenished bits of his dark energy with the surrounding mana before he used the dark energy to pick up his companion.

Ryu levitated through the air and they made their way outside, without being given the chance to take a proper look at the vast expanse of the High Mythician Dungeon.

At the end of the day, Nial was pretty sure that the Godly Spirit wanted to hide something from the outside world. That was likely to be the reason for the dungeon to collapse just like that, especially since Nial and the others hadn't encountered many beings at the Mythician rank inside the dungeon.

There was definitely something wrong, but Nial was not given any time to research. He had to leave the dungeon before it collapsed, otherwise, he would be caught in the isolated space of the dungeon's vast expanse. That was not something he was looking forward to. Thus, he accelerated his pace and emerged in the mountain-range region less than ten minutes later. Ryu's levitating body was by his side, and it was only a matter of time before Nial manifested wings of darkness that had emerged out of his shoulder blades.

He shot in the air and returned to the Orion Shelter where people were already waiting for him.

"Someone take care of Ryu. He is injured due to energy deprivation and was attacked!" Nial ordered, not too sure who the best healer around him was. Two Elvingar Elves stepped forward to tend to Ryu's wounds but it was not long before they began to frown. The Darkness Gryphon chirped weakly while the Elves began to try out a few things to heal him.

"Nial, are you done now?" Ophelia appeared near Nial, her question hanging in the air, "If you're not too busy, let's do some business!"

NIal visualized Ophelia in great detail, taking note of her body language and expressions. She seemed calm on the outside and wore a light smile, seemingly to show him that she was calm and composed. However, the mana inside her exposed the Draco's true feelings. Ophelia was trying to seal her mana inside her to make sure that nobody would find out what she was secretly thinking but Nial's perception had, quite literally, drilled into her.

Even if it was just his perception that analyzed her sealed mana, Ophelia took note of that. Her calm and composed demeanor nearly crumbled, but she kept trying to maintain it.

"You are talking about the Forgotten Runic Cannon, and the Broken Runic Rockets, aren't you?" Nial asked, hitting the bullseye in a single try.

Ophelia nodded her head, without saying anything for a few seconds. She stared at him, waiting for Nial to say something instead.

"I didn't want to spend too much time on the Forgotten Runic Cannons. They may be worth a lot but I only need a handful for myself. I don't really want them to be bought by buyers from faraway locations either, otherwise, they may be used against me sooner or later. I can sell them to some of the races whom I trust to a certain extent but everyone would have to sign a Soul Contract.

As for the Broken Runic Rockets, they're way too complicated to be worth the effort. Mass-producing them is not exactly possible before I reach the level of a Peak Archmaster Runicier. Until I reach that level, quite a few years will have to pass, but that is quite obvious, isn't it?" Nial pointed out what he didn't like quite clearly before he added, "If you want to make business with me, just tell me what you want and what you can offer. There are only a few things I actually need, and you know that."

Ophelia didn't like the way the conversation was going, but there was not much she could do about it. She let out a heavy sigh and the corners of Nial's lip curled upward as a natural response.

"I don't want to be paid with money, but I want you to give my race one Forgotten Runic Cannon and a Broken Runic Rocket before you teach me how to engrave Forgotten runic constellations!" Ophelia presented her offer after she had regained her confidence.

She knew that nobody was able to engrave the forgotten runic constellations of the Late God of Darkness, not if they weren't in possession of Dark energy, but Ophelia wanted to learn how to engrave the forgotten runic constellations of the God of Darkness, either way.

It was still highly valued knowledge that was likely to be very helpful in the future. After all, she was hoping to become a Saint Runicier who was capable of creating her own runic constellations! Considering that forgotten runic constellations were said to be much stronger than ordinary runic constellations, Ophelia wondered if the secret to their terrific strength lay in the inscribing process, precisely the fact that specific energy and technique were used to inscribe the forgotten runic constellations.

"That's fine with me, I don't mind teaching you a bit. But you shouldn't expect too much," Nial said while sensing Ophelia's excitement.

Ophelia nodded her head before she started to elaborate on what she could give Nial in return.

"I will stay in the Orion Shelter until everything has been completed and I will give my best to make it the strongest shelter in exchange. Is that fine?" She asked, fully understanding that the years in her prime were better put to use by studying the works of a Saint Runicier rather than constructing a shelter. As a prodigy, her time was extremely valuable, especially her time in the prime of her learning phase.

Nial understood that as well, which was enough reason for him to agree without giving it much thought.

After all, he knew that the next few years would be very interesting for the Orion shelter!