Chapter 234. Soul Contract
"Does anyone else know about this artifact?" Tyler asked, his voice steady but tinged with curiosity.
Roel remained silent, his eyes shifting nervously. The atmosphere grew heavier, tension thickening the air around them.
Beside Tyler, Lily’s finger crackled with a small spark of lightning, her patience thinning.
"Let me see if his Elohssa is Lightning proof," she said with playful tone. As she took the oddly shaped mushroom key. (Elohssa in backwards)
"No... No one..." Roel quickly responded, his voice shaky now. He knew better than to test the patience of people like them.
Tyler nodded, seemingly satisfied with the answer, but he wasn’t done yet. "How did you get this thing?" he asked, his gaze never leaving Roel’s face.
Roel hesitated for a moment before speaking again. "It came from farther north. You’ve heard of the Bodhi Buddha Temple, right?"
Tyler’s expression shifted slightly at the mention of the name. "The Bodhi," he said, voice almost reverential. "One of the gods who created this world, and the religion is called the Bodhi Buddha Religion."
"Yeah," Roel continued, his voice quieter now, as if the memory of the story was still fresh in his mind. "My friend came back from the Northern Hemisphere. He was on his last breath when he arrived here. I tried to save him, but his injuries were too severe. He didn’t make it. I checked his belongings and found his diary, which mentioned this treasure he got from the Bodhi Buddha Temple. I... I went to the place where he hid the treasure and took it."
Tyler absorbed the information carefully, his brow furrowing slightly. "So that guy risked his life to get it and you were too lucky that Artifact came towards you by itself." he said, more to himself than to Roel.
"Yeah," Roel confirmed with a nod, a grim smile playing on his lips. "He also mentioned in the diary how his artifact suddenly vibrated when he reached one of the overlord territories. He immediately escaped, thinking the artifact resonated with something powerful over there. I didn’t know what it meant at the time, but now... now I get it."