Chapter 200 (2): If It Works, Work It to Death
The obelisk, lost and regained, was always going to be Wayne’s possession, but not the antique silver coin. Schrödinger could come knocking at any moment, so he had to extract elements from it for two hours per day.
At this point, Wayne’s Silver Cross was taking shape. Nature, Moonlight, and Sun were growing and thriving, soon joining the ranks of Darkness and Death. With the obelisk in hand, he didn’t have to worry about not having enough elements. He decided to add heaven’s holy light and hell’s wicked energy in the next phase.
Silver Cross consisted of god, life, void, and self. Its balance would determine a mage’s power. With god being divided into seven parts, the corresponding life essence, knowledge, and thoughts had to reach a greater standard, too. It would be quite an extreme requirement. Without the obelisks, he wouldn’t have dared to try.
“My knowledge of Nature, Sun, and Moonlight is enough. For heaven, I have the Golden Law of Angels, and for hell, I have the Divine Comedy of the Seven Deadly Sins. I’ve even acquired introductory materials on hell from raiding the Snow family. I don’t have to worry about those five parts of god.”
“Death wouldn’t be a concern, either. There’s more than enough for even the Golden Triangle stage.”
“That leaves Darkness!”
Wayne muttered to himself. He only had one Darkness ring and limited contact with the faith. While it was enough to unlock the Silver Cross, his understanding of it fell far behind the other faiths.
To prevent the weaker parts from becoming fatal weaknesses, he had to find an expert in Darkness faith magic to guide him, or pick up a powerful Darkness magical artifact to plunder the knowledge within through the Book of Greed. In all of Londan, the one most knowledgeable about the faith had to be the Goddess of Darkness’s chosen knight.
Despite Darkness and Death being allies, though, Wayne, the Death Knight, didn’t know the Darkness Knight, and their first meeting had not been pleasant. It was unlikely for him to get help in that way.
The second-best choice would be Planck.
“There’s no one else. But he hasn’t come to steal the antique silver coin from me. I can’t just go to him and give it to him...” Wayne found it troublesome. Taking initiative meant losing the upper hand. It was different for him to seek out Planck and for Planck to come to him.
“Fortunately, I can afford to wait. I won’t make the first move so easily. I’ll put aside Darkness for now and advance the other faiths first.”