Chapter 1114: Klimt Back

We rushed over to the fallen Klimt, who was bleeding profusely from his right eye. There was a magic circle containing an intricate pattern covering his eye socket.

I tried casting a healing spell, but it had no effect. This was different from the difficult to heal wounds caused by evil energy. Its as if Klimts body didnt recognize his eye was injured. I attempted an appraisal, and it also confirmed that his condition was normal.

My eye cannot be healed with magic

When forming a contract with an ordinary spirit, the contracting parties share mana with each other in a relations.h.i.+p of equality. However, it appears the same does not apply to those on the level of Great Spirits.

Previously, Klimt had used something like a temporary contract to forcibly seal away the raging spirits powers. Thats why the Great Spirit did not always obey his commands as summoner, and why such a huge burden was placed on him.

He just now changed that contract to a normal one, but of course, he could not hope to stand on equal ground with a Great Spirit.

Thus, it was only by offering his right eye that he managed to establish the contract.

Klimt, you okay?

I suppose so My eye is now proof of my contract with the Great Spirit.

Klimt muttered before smiling happily. He didnt seem to take losing his eye very hard.

In addition, it seems Klimts stats were restored to normal upon establis.h.i.+ng a proper contract. Or rather, the spirits blessing actually boosted them further.

I appraised him to check his condition, and was very surprised by the huge change.

Appraisal Information

Name:

Klimt

Age:

137

Race:

Wood Elf

Occupation:

Great Spirit Summoner

Condition:

Normal

Stats

LV: 67

HP: 27/280

MP: 1616

STR: 137

VIT: 139

AGI: 188

INT: 859

MAG: 933

DEX: 148

Skills

Chant Shortening: Lv7, Appraisal: Lv5, Bow Mastery: Lv3, Gathering: Lv5, Tree Magic: Lv6, Presence Detection: Lv4, Presence Blocking: Lv4, Spirit Magic: Lv9, Land Magic: Lv6, Brewing: Lv5, Earth Magic: LvMax, Poison Resistance: Lv3, Paralysis Resistance: Lv4, Magic Detection: Lv6, Water Magic: Lv5, Herbology: Lv7, Cooking: Lv4, Enhanced Vision, Spirit Control, Favor of the Spirits, Enhanced Hearing, Parallel Thought, Child of the Forest

Unique Skills

Blessing of the Great Spirit of Wind, Magic Regulation

t.i.tles

Guildmaster, Guardian of Alessa, Earth Mage, Friend of the Great Spirit

Equipment

Ancient Cherry Staff, Doppel Snake Robe, Wind Drake Wing Mantle, Lunar Hare Jump Boots, Bracelet of Subst.i.tution

Hes way stronger now.

It seems he regained his mastery over spirit magic, as well as additional power, in exchange for his eye. Not to mention how many elves wors.h.i.+p the Great Spirits, and he was now connected with one.

To any spirit summoner, it seems giving up your right eye was a small price to pay.

By the time we realized it, Klimts right eye had stopped bleeding. Though the wound engraved onto his eye was now closed, he still lost his eyesight permanently.

While I still found that pretty worrying, Klimt seemed more healthy than ever before. Relieved, Fran was about to begin the rescue operation for any survivors, when Klimt asked her a question.

Fran-san, is that sword safe?

He must have realized I wasnt a normal sword after seeing me use all that evil energy.

Nn. Its fine.

I see.

He decided to believe Fran for the time being, though not completely convinced. After giving Fran some instructions for the rescue operation, he began invoking spirit magic.

Lets call over Urus.h.i.+ too.

Nn!

Fran handed the prisoners over to Urth and the knights, then asked about the mysterious object that flew out of the Great Spirit. We wanted to check if it was something important that should be retrieved.

However, Klimt told us that he knew little about it. All he could say was that it was likely a magical tool used in the ritual to summon the spirit.

Since its apparently something related to the Great Spirit, he asked us to go retrieve it before doing anything else.

We headed in the direction the object fell and immediately found something suspicious, a faint mana signal moving north in a straight line. Way too obvious. We cloaked ourselves and followed the trail from the sky, finding an undead figure running across the land. In his hands was the rod-like object.

Hideman.

I knew it, he had another clone nearby!

Hideman may have managed to recover the object before us, but thats also what exposed his trail. Though he successfully erased his own presence, he was powerless to hide the mana radiating from the object in his hands.

We observed him for a little while, and saw him attempting to put the mysterious rod in an item bag. However, it seems he failed to store it.

Did this magic tool have a property preventing it from being stored in item bags? Well, considering it was inside the Great Spirit, I wouldnt be surprised if it had some special powers.

The very fact that Hideman wanted to retrieve the item was enough proof of its value. Perhaps this rod was even a more important goal than a.s.sa.s.sinating Klimt.

Lets take him down, and get the rod back.

Roger.

I considered monitoring his actions for a bit longer, but hed probably reach Raydoss at this rate. Besides, Klimt needs our help back at town.

After thinking it through, we agreed that defeating him immediately was the best plan. Hideman was pretty weak and had yet to notice us. We simply teleported in and cut off his leg, and he was done for.

Having lost his leg, Hideman collapsed to the ground.

Y-You b.i.t.c.h!

This is what you were after?

Hmph, I dont even know what that is. I just thought to take back a souvenir after failing to kill the spirit summoner.

So Klimts a.s.sa.s.sination was an afterthought?

Screw you! I dont need to play these games!

He promptly triggered his self-destruction tool, so we had no choice but to cut him down. That said, we actually learned quite a bit thanks to Principle of Falsehoods. It seems Hidemans main goal was actually this rod-like thing from the beginning. He must have been attempting to feed us false information after recognizing he had no chance to escape, but that wont work on us.

I appraised the mysterious object on the ground, and it came up as Antiquated Rod-Sword. I guess its kind of like a sword with a cylindrical rod instead of a blade. It looked like a sheathed rapier at first glance, but there was no sharp edge anywhere to be found.

Moreover, there were almost zero decorations, giving it a very functional appearance. The rod part was practically a smooth metal cylinder.

Attack 100, Mana Conductivity D, and the Harden and Repair skills. This was clearly designed for durability but it still doesnt sit right with me.

We hit this thing with a thrust containing everything we had. Even if it wasnt the main target, it should have taken a huge portion of the damage. Not to mention how it crashed into the ground with a lot of momentum.

Theres no way a weapon like this could survive in one piece. In fact, I wouldnt be surprised if it got shattered beyond repair.

Or perhaps the Harden and Repair skills were somehow enhanced by sacrificing functionality in other areas? Also, we couldnt put it into dimensional storage. No matter how hard we tried to shove it in, there was some strange force preventing us.

Theres definitely a big gap between the appraisal information and its actual performance. The secret behind why Hideman wanted it so much must be hidden inside too.

Lets deliver it to Klimt for now.

Good idea.