Chapter 139: Blessings and Curse
"Patriarch!" Sylvara rushed to her grandfather as soon as she teleported back to the real world. Sometimes they could bring some items out of the game, but it looked like they couldn’t really bring these frost pearls out of the game.
She could only explain it to her grandfather to make him understand how truly game-changing their last encounter had been. That small lake could take their entire family to whole new heights, to places they could have never even imagined to be possible.
Something that could increase their innate ice affinity! This was unbelievable!
"Grandfather!" She shouted with urgency and barged into the room, ignoring the surprised faces of the guards stationed outside. For the first time, Sylvara actually felt warm inside their compound after facing the insanity that was the small black pool.
Her grandfather, long white hair cascading like a waterfall over his dark robes, looked up from his desk, his cold blue eyes narrowing with curiosity. "Sylvara?" he said, his voice calm. "What is it that has you so riled up?"
She rushed to his side, barely containing the words that tumbled from her lips. "Grandfather, I’ve found something, something that could change everything for our family. A small black lake in the frozen caverns, something that can increase our innate ice affinity! It’s... it’s beyond anything we’ve ever seen before!"
His brows furrowed, the lines on his face deepening as he leaned forward. "Increase... our affinity? Explain yourself. Tell me everything, child. Leave nothing out."
Sylvara’s breath came in quick gasps, her mind still buzzing with the memory of that cold, that power. "The lake is more than just water. It’s an elemental node, a pure ice mana vortex that tests you, breaks you, but rewards you. The system itself has classified it as a test. There is a legacy if someone manages to pass the trial."
"But even if we don’t, there is so much to gain from it. If we can harness it, even for a short time, we could raise the entire family’s strength to a level that would put us on par with the best guilds. Maybe even surpass them."