Elite Mages' Academy Chapter 357: The True Treasure

Chapter 357: The True Treasure

Silverlight furrowed her eyebrows in thought, shaking her head and she indicated she did not know who that was.
Xiao Lin understood as well. Asabanor was just a somewhat famous astrologian at that time, but to Silverlight, that sort of reputation did not amount to much.
“I can go with you to take a look, but whether or not I help will depend on my mood.” Silverlight did not give a clear answer, but that was already enough to make Xiao Lin happy. It meant that she was already beginning to come around.
The rest of the night passed by quietly. According to Silverlight, the villagers were only temporarily unconscious thanks to her hail, so they would not know what happened that night.
As for the boy who could see Silverlight, she calmly explained, “That boy was merely someone chosen by God. There’s no surprise he has some special skill in this regard.”
Xiao Lin did not pay it too much mind initially, but hearing that the boy was chosen by God caused him to raise an eyebrow. On Planet Norma, that meant that the boy was a talent holder. It was a pity they had no way to find out what rank the boy’s talent was.
However, Xiao Lin still made a mental note of it, planning on reporting it when he went back. He had heard that those with talent were quite rare in Planet Norma, not even managing to compete with those from Earth in terms of numbers. Now that they suddenly discovered one, he felt like it was important to let Dawn Academy know.
Ibeiya was still unconscious. In truth, the time they were sent to that mysterious world might have felt like a very long time, but they noticed it was actually but a moment when they returned.
Now that Silverlight was going to accompany them, Xiao Lin took the initiative to introduce Ibeiya to the mysterious woman, emphasizing that she was a vampire. Thankfully, Silverlight came from ancient Earth, so she did not have any prejudice against dark races.
However, looking at Ibeiya, Silverlight coldly said, “This child’s dark race blood is extremely pure. Of all the dark races I’ve met, I’ve never seen one so pure.”
Ibeiya had said herself that she might actually be a mix between a human and a vampire. On Planet Norma, mixed-races could not compete with pure-bloods. Xiao Lin had some doubt in his heart, but Ibeiya already had so many mysteries surrounding her, one more made no difference.
After that, Xiao Lin went to the center of the lake in search of that potentially Legend-rank sword that sucked them into itself. Even if it looked like a rusted sword that the lake corroded, according to Lilith, a weapon that had its own domain would not be weak at all.
Silverlight dashed his hopes at that. The sword really was Legend-ranked, but regretfully, it had long since lost its luster thousands of years ago. It had used the last of its power to maintain that space, and once the shard was retrieved, it lost all its power.1
“From a practical standpoint, this blade is just scrap metal, not even comparable to what you have now.”
Silverlight’s words disappointed Xiao Lin, but no matter what, it was the first time he had ever seen such a high-level weapon. Even if it was now trash, he still felt like he should keep it as a souvenir, and so, he handed the sword to Lilith for safekeeping.
“Why should I hold on to it?! I am not interested in keepsakes at all!”
“Don’t you have a spatial bracelet? It’s very inconvenient for me to carry it around.”
Lilith was rendered speechless.
More and more, Xiao Lin felt like a spatial accessory was a very important thing. Now that he was swimming in money, he would have to think of a way to buy one.
“Red Beard’s treasure is actually here. If you’re interested, you can just take it. I don’t wish to owe you two anything.” Even though Silverlight maintained her cold face, her words piqued Xiao Lin’s interest.
“Treasure? So Red Beard really did keep some treasure here.”
“It’s right below your feet.”
Xiao Lin jumped in fright, but looking around him, other than seaweed and some trash, there was nothing that looked like a treasure in the mud.
“You’ll know once the sun comes up.” Silverlight was too lazy to explain.
They decided to just wait there. Ibeiya woke up not long after. She was not at all afraid of Silverlight’s spirit, nor was she too interested in the third eye on Silverlight’s forehead. She even affectionately walked up to Silverlight. It was obvious that the cute girl did not mind working her charms on anyone.
Even the cold Silverlight revealed the slightest of smiles at Ibeiya’s efforts.
Dawn approached quickly. In a world with no pollution, the sky was clear enough for everyone to observe the entire sunrise. The dried-up lake basked in the sunlight, shining vibrantly.
Wait, hold on...
Xiao Lin suddenly felt like something was off, casting his gaze around. There were jewel-like shining spots everywhere in the mud. If not for the sunlight, it would have been very hard to notice.
Xiao Lin cast an inquisitive gaze at Silverlight. “Are these all pearls or jewels that were buried in the mud? That’s weird. If people searched for it before, there’s no way they didn’t find it.”
“It’s powder.” Lilith bent down and checked. She swiped a little on the fingertip, revealing a silvery-white powder that was very fine. She smelled it and appraised, “It’s not a gem; it’s starmetal!”
Starmetal could only be produced in the Silver Province, and had always been extremely valuable. On top of that, the recent decades had seen the colonists take over every ore deposit, strictly controlling every source of starmetal. It was incredibly hard for regular people to obtain it.
In Planet Norma’s native black market, starmetal had already surged to an absurd price. Other than being used to make resurrection towers, starmetal was also used in very high-ranked equipment, even those in Legend-rank had it as an important component, so the demand was always high.
Under the various academies, starmetal was a strictly-controlled military good, so it was not easy to obtain. Even with Lilith’s standing in the Judge Academy, she might not even have the chance to easily get any, let alone Xiao Lin. Before coming to the Silver Province, he had never seen the ore before.
However, how were they going to gather all that powder? Xiao Lin started to frown.
Silverlight helped him with that problem. With a wave, a gray mass of light formed. The mass of light rose into the air before unleashing a powerful suction, but the suction only worked on the powder on the ground. It was all sucked inside. The powder shone like stars under the sunlight, making for a magnificent sight.
After about ten minutes, the light started to dim and it started to descend. As Xiao Lin retrieved the mass of light, the outer luster had dissipated, leaving a spherical chunk of ore the size of a fingernail.