Chapter 138 The Most Powerful Artifact
2015-12-01
Author: Floating Tower
Ildis.
Since encountering this future legend of the most powerful wizard here, Soren is very certain that the Goddess should be nearby. Ildis had spent a long time with the Goddess, and one could say that before the fall of the Goddess, this guy had been very close to her. Although Soren is not quite sure where the timeline currently stands, given the situation at hand, it is highly likely that Ildis has already met the Goddess.
Even if he has not met the Goddess, Soren believes that as long as he follows him, he will be able to find her.
“Hey.”
Ildis’s expression seems a bit impatient because Soren has not answered his question. As a member of the wizards, he is not known for his good temper.
So, he impatiently says, “If there’s nothing else, please leave here immediately.”
His tone becomes quite unfriendly.
Ildis’s reputation in the future is neither particularly good nor particularly bad; he can only be described as someone who is quite self-preserving. At least during the most severe period of the Saint’s Cataclysm, many strong individuals fought valiantly for their beliefs. This guy, on the other hand, is hiding in some place quietly waiting for the cataclysm to end, having powerful abilities but doing nothing for mortals. Among the adventurers on the side of good and justice at that time, Ildis actually had a bad reputation. Many believed he was a selfish coward who inherited part of the power after the fall of the Goddess but only knew how to shrink into a corner and do nothing.
The Paladins had once sought his help and invited him, but in the end, he never responded.
During the Saint’s Cataclysm.
The number of spellcasters in the Material Plane is quite limited; except for one or two particularly special existences, the only ones who could be considered the most powerful are the current Ildis and the Princess of Arendelle.
Neither side has ever fought, so it is impossible to determine who is stronger!
………………
Soren cannot leave.
He still needs to find the fallen Goddess through the current Ildis. No matter what, he feels he should meet this Goddess. Soren believes that some appropriate reminders might change the future’s fate.
“Actually.”
Soren rapidly searches through his mind, trying hard to think of information regarding Ildis in front of him, and it’s not easy to eliminate a stranger’s enmity towards him in such a short time. However, Soren is not entirely without means, as he remembers that Ildis seems to have not yet found that item. If Soren is not mistaken, Ildis is very concerned about that item and has even been searching for clues related to it for a long time.
After a brief pause.
Soren pretends to hesitate. After a moment, he says, “Actually, I initially intended to look for the whereabouts of the Goddess. However, after discovering that so many people are searching for her, I had prepared to give up.”
“However.”
“I recently unexpectedly obtained a secret about a treasure, which is related to the legendary ‘Archmage’s Staff.’ I see that you also seem to be a formidable spellcaster. This treasure cannot be accessed by my strength alone; perhaps we can explore it together. Of course, if you are not interested, I will leave now.”
At first.
Ildis’s expression was indifferent, and he was very cautious of this suddenly appearing stranger.
However, when Soren mentioned the legendary ‘Archmage’s Staff,’ Ildis’s expression instantly became quite serious, and he even cast a ‘Detect Lie’ spell at an astonishing speed, quickly confirming that Soren was not lying; he really knew secrets related to the ‘Archmage’s Staff.’
Thus!
In an instant, Ildis’s expression became much more eager as he pointed to the nearby campfire. He smiled a little unnaturally, saying, “What a coincidence! I was initially also planning to search for the Goddess, but I found that I still have no leads, so I was preparing to abandon this plan.”
“The Archmage’s Staff?”
“Do you know its whereabouts?”
In the future.
Ildis’s weapon will be the legendary ‘Archmage’s Staff,’ a terrifying artifact that appeared during the time of the God of Slaughter. For a long time before his encounter with the Goddess, Ildis had been searching for any clues about the ‘Archmage’s Staff,’ but it seems that he currently has no intention of discussing it in detail with Soren. Soren does not remember much about Ildis’s information. He only vaguely remembers that Ildis had a formidable enemy who killed his father, and he originally intended to use the power of the ‘Archmage’s Staff’ to deal with this enemy.
Soren doesn’t care too much.
What he values most now is to find the Goddess through Ildis, and it would be best to communicate a bit without being hostile; revealing information about the ‘Archmage’s Staff’ is inconsequential.
That thing has been sealed for thousands of years.
To be honest, even if Soren does not tell Ildis, according to the fate arranged, he will ultimately find clues, and whether he can retrieve it will depend on the script’s direction.
The sealing challenge difficulty of the ‘Archmage’s Staff’ is level 27.
Soren has a seventy percent chance of dying inside. In fact, he has always suspected that Ildis’s ability to retrieve the ‘Archmage’s Staff’ is significantly related to the Goddess.
It could well be that the Goddess helped break the seal!
The ‘Archmage’s Staff’ is one of the legendary artifacts of the Material Plane; in terms of actual combat power, it far exceeds the ‘Holy Avenger’ by several streets. During the time of the God of Slaughter, this artifact had terrifying impacts. However, the ‘Archmage’s Staff’ was sealed multiple times but was always painstakingly retrieved until finally, one deity could no longer stand it, personally descending to the mortal realm to seal this artifact.
And then, the Material Plane was left with only some legends.
The ‘Archmage’s Staff’ is one of the most powerful artifacts that appeared during the Saint’s Cataclysm, but dramatically, this staff is actually a melee staff.
Ildis will be able to become the most powerful wizard for two main reasons.
The first reason is, of course, because he is favored by the Goddess, granting him a much higher innate spell slot than other wizards, and he also inherited a small part of the Goddess’s divine power. Those adventurers who had seen him in action deduced that Ildis’s talent, equipped with other specialties and the Goddess’s blessings, gives him almost double the spell slots compared to wizards of the same level. This makes it nearly impossible for very few individuals in the Material Plane to compete with him in spellcasting, making his combat capabilities extremely outstanding.
Another important reason is that he wields the legendary artifact ‘Archmage’s Staff’. This artifact not only has formidable combat power but also comes with a legendary spell used to absorb attack spells from enemies, restoring his spent spell slots.
Ildis is able to compare with the Princess of the Frozen Kingdom solely because of these two points!
………………(To be continued ~^~)
