Chapter 373: What One Trades to Live
Max walked around the room they were in, studying the crystal lines that ran along the floor.
These are like the ones in the Adventurer Hall. Does that mean these crystals are far more special than I initially thought?
Yes. Like… when you made that weapon for Dexic and how you had to control the energy orb’s power, making paths for the magic or whatever you wish to call it travel through, this crystal has a connection within the system.
Yet there are no words here, no runes. Just the crystal that is in the back of the room like in the hall.
Each of these appears to have something explicitly keyed for a purpose. I cannot answer how it is made or formed, and I doubt anyone here can or will tell you.
Kathleen had a steady stream of questions for him the entire time they had walked to this room. He answered the ones he felt comfortable with and tried to learn a few things as well.
Do you believe she honestly doesn’t know how Phaius gains power from the followers?
I do. There are many more things that go beyond just a tithe or gift. Even she said that the gold or gems they tried to offer long ago that didn’t come from someone outside their inner circle couldn’t be absorbed. Also the fact that they can’t pay someone to make an offering is interesting. It appears the system can detect a true dedication and gift to the god versus someone giving it for the wrong reason or not meeting some specific criteria.
Max nodded as he watched the woman he had peppered with a few questions get the last purple crystal to be absorbed by the shard. It was surreal watching something twice its size slowly melt and dissolve as the clear crystal shard, slightly bigger than his hand, consumed the purple object.