The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 651 - 0648: Coma (Third Update, Alliance Hierarch Additional Update 15/63)

Chapter 651: Chapter 0648: Coma (Third Update, Alliance Hierarch Additional Update 15/63)

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Liszt signaled the Rainbow Whale Rose to swim in front of the mermaid statue’s chest, where he focused on a teardrop-shaped jewel roughly the size of a fist.

For him, this jewel was not small. On the contrary, a fist-sized jewel was definitely considered gigantic.

However, in relation to the mermaid statue, it was like a diamond chip worn on the chest, somewhat disproportionate to the statue’s scale. Liszt didn’t reach out to directly remove the jewel, which hung like a pendant on the statue’s chest, but instead solemnly summoned the Smoke Mission.

“Complete the mission, reward with Mermaid’s Tear.”

Then came the new mission.

“Mission: The Fish Ugly Temple’s mermaid statue, sculpted by an unknown artist, has been submerged in the river of history. It’s more important to seize the present. Perhaps giving this Mermaid’s Tear to the Sea Sprite Ake will have an unexpected effect on her. Reward: Necrofish Fish Ugly Guard.”

“Mermaid’s Tear, huh?”

Liszt dispersed the Smoke Mission and then gently removed the pendant, the cord threading through the Mermaid’s Tear quickly decayed, leaving only the fist-sized, teardrop-shaped jewel.

Now it indeed looked like a tear.

He had originally planned to keep it for himself to study slowly, as it was a relic left by an ancient race and might possess powerful effects. But since the Smoke Mission provided a hint, it was clear that the Mermaid’s Tear would be more suitable for Ake to use. After briefly examining it, he handed the jewel to Ake.

“Ake, I feel this jewel is rich with water-attribute magic power. Given its shape, why not call it the Mermaid’s Tear? Here, it’s for you. Maybe you can study it,” he suggested.

“For me?” Ake was a bit surprised, then smiled happily, “Thank you, brother. Ake will take good care of it!”

“Not just to safeguard, but to use and study. It’s filled with water-attribute magic power,” he corrected.

“Alright,” she acknowledged.

“You study it first. I’m going to dig out the lower half of these statues to see what kind of creatures they represent,” Liszt said without further ado, taking out his bone spade and beginning to dig through the silt covering the Fish Ugly Temple.

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While Liszt was busy excavating the mud,

Ake was already holding the Mermaid’s Tear, sitting on a shell and studying it. She was in high spirits, not only because the Mermaid’s Tear was beautiful and its azure color suited her temperament but because it was a gift from Liszt—she was always happy with anything given by him.

“Brother has a way with names, Mermaid’s Tear… yeah, it does sound nice. It hung on the mermaid statue’s chest and with such a design, it really resembles a mermaid’s tear,” she mused.

Channel magic.

Activate the Mermaid’s Tear and prepare to experience the jewel’s magic structure in order to learn how to use it. With magic within and serving as a pendant, the Mermaid’s Tear must be a piece of magic equipment. Its placement on the statue, with a special temple built for it, clearly indicates it’s not ordinary magic equipment.

Although Ake didn’t have the Eye of Magic, she could feel the Mermaid’s Tear brimming with flowing magic power, resonating harmoniously with her.

She closed her eyes, letting her senses guide the magic, roaming through the magic runes composed of magic power.

Soon, she perceived that the magic composition of the Mermaid’s Tear was very regular, which revealed a profound and deep aura, especially since the magic runes seemed not to be artificially inscribed but naturally formed.

“No trace of man-made carving, strange. Could the Mermaid’s Tear be a naturally formed piece of magic equipment… or, could it really be a mermaid’s tear?” Ake suddenly wondered. It seemed unlikely, yet not impossible—given the mermaid statue’s prominence.

With the Yu Chou of a Grand Magician level merely at the end of the temple’s statues, followed by six-armed monsters and six-armed women, each looking nobler and stronger than the last.

From this, it could be deduced that the mermaid possessed tremendous strength.

The bodily metabolic products of a powerful creature naturally carried various incredible powers, like a dragon, whose every excretion was a precious treasure.

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Suddenly.

She keenly perceived that the magic runes inside the Mermaid’s Tear were converging in a strange pattern, and there was a noticeable node among them.

The term node was proposed by Liszt to represent the convergence point of magic power.

Initially, it served to explain the concept of the Magic Web. Later, Ake thought that nodes could be integrated into the design of magic arrays. A magic array is composed of many magic runes that form nodes, leading to a complete magic array. By identifying the accurate node, one could easily tear through the magic array.

It was also possible to reassemble a magic array by continuously adjusting nodes—her ability to create many original spells was due to the application of the node concept.

“So, what is this node for?”

Thinking this, she had already used her magic power to activate the node.

The next moment, the Mermaid’s Tear erupted in dazzling light, within which twisted strands like a spider’s web condensed and spread outward, passing through statues, through the Rainbow Whale Rose, through Liszt who was digging through the mud, and through the Fish Ugly Temple, even reaching beyond the vast sea.

Finally, it dissipated into the distant, unseen seawater.

As she held the Mermaid’s Tear, Ake’s eyelids trembled, and in less than half a breath’s time, she fainted on a seashell.

As she fainted, the light of the Mermaid’s Tear instantly extinguished, falling from her hand onto the seashell, and soon after, cracks appeared on the droplet-shaped surface.

On the other side, Liszt, who was digging in the mud, was startled by the sudden blue twisted strands that passed through his body. He thought someone was attacking him.

He quickly turned and dodged, just in time to see Ake faint, and the light of the Mermaid’s Tear go out.

Crack!

In the blink of an eye, the Mermaid’s Tear shattered, and then it became a pile of powder, drifting away with the current, vanishing from sight.

He could no longer care about how the Mermaid’s Tear disappeared.

He swiftly rushed over, picked up the unconscious Ake, and called out loudly, “Ake, Ake!” Ake’s importance far surpassed any other.

Ake did not respond, but her chest was still rising and falling.

Liszt restrained himself to calm down and quickly used the Eye of Magic to see that the magic power inside Ake was extremely unstable, in a boiling state. Moreover, some magic power suddenly disappeared while some appeared out of nowhere as if it were continuously exchanging with the free-floating magic power in the environment.

However, the free magic power in the environment could not possibly be so abundant as to maintain non-stop exchange.

“What on earth is going on, why did Ake faint out of nowhere, no, it’s the Mermaid’s Tear! The Mermaid’s Tear stimulated and caused Ake to faint, the anomaly just now was caused by the Mermaid’s Tear… the Smoke Mission hinted that I should give the Mermaid’s Tear to Ake.”

His face darkened as he felt some guilt, realizing he should have eliminated any risk before handing it over to Ake: “I hope this hasn’t truly harmed Ake!”

If it weren’t for his long-term use of the Smoke Mission, gradually realizing that it was more of a projection of his own will, he would have suspected that the hidden mastermind behind the Smoke Mission was preparing to target him—first by eliminating his important assistant Ake, then dealing with him.

It was like raising gu, where once the gu insects matured, they could be harvested.

“I hope nothing happens to Ake, otherwise…” He didn’t finish his sentence because he really didn’t know how he could threaten the mastermind behind the Smoke Mission.

But he didn’t have to think about how to deal with any possible mastermind behind the Smoke Mission.

Ake slowly awoke, her eyes still confused, but she spoke, “Brother, Ake has touched… the Magic Web…”

After that, she fainted again.

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