TOFD 505

Lucky 505

Calix caught Ivy Naomi's interest after what happened. Even though the hand was from a dead God, it still didn't change the fact that it was a God once. It reached the pinnacle of power and probably reigned the world when it was alive.

For this creature to be interested in Calix meant something. He wanted Calix and there was probably a reason why.

And Ivy Naomi wanted to know the reason. She suddenly stared at Calix with interest. Perhaps her questions would be answered by him.

The two had a stare-down for a few seconds. Suddenly, Calix recalled the time when Esmeralda kidnapped him. He felt the same vibe with Ivy Naomi.

"Do you know what this Illusory Flame is?"

Calix decided to change the topic, hoping that some kind of luck would happen.

Ivy Naomi's attention changed. She turned around and took a glance at the ball of flame that was slowly getting crazy again. The souls started returning to scream their grievances.

"Oh this, so you call them Illusory Flame. Not bad in a naming sense. But for me, I call it Fragment Of Hell. This cave is one of the places where you can take a glance at Hell. At the farthest north of Western Continent, there is also a Fragment there."

"Fragment Of Hell..."

After having a battle against his Uncle, Berton Alb, Calix started researching Mythical Places.

The World Tree was a mythical place so he believed that researching other mythical places would help him locate Toshi Densetsu... He didn't know that Toshi was actually close to him at the time he was in Junian.

Well, after researching, he found some interesting facts regarding mythical places. He couldn't confirm the authenticity of this information though.

Based on what he knew, Hell was a place where sinful creatures suffered.

People who gathered too much bad karma in their whole lives were sent to Hell for them to suffer.

Speaking of Karma...

Calix curiously used the monocle in his pocket to satisfy his questions... What he witnessed was terrifying.

His left eye almost bled blood as he saw the souls. All of them were carrying pure black auras and it made Calix afraid. He could not describe it but he was scared... These souls were not that simple.

They accumulated so many dark auras all of their lives that they deserve a place in Hell. For them to have these deep black auras, they probably committed horrendous crimes that killed thousands if not millions of lives.

Calix couldn't help but puke. He was even disgusted by the fact that he felt an attraction towards the ball of flame when he first saw it. But now...

'Karam, you said that you are one of the oldest items that Vulcan created. Did you know about Hell?'

He decided to ask Karam. He already researched the mythical places long before he met Karam so he didn't feel like asking her about Hell. But now, Calix felt like asking an ancient item was not that bad.

[Yes, Daddy ~? I mean, of course, Master.] Karam the monocle had a grandma voice... One of the reasons why Calix didn't want to talk to her. Because the monocle was a bit horny and Calix was uncomfortable talking to her.

[Hell, huh. My information regarding this place is not that big. It's a place where bad people suffer... Hmm, now that I remember it. While I was traveling all over the world, I heard some rumors that Hell was the Hero's source of energy. Although I'm not sure about it.]

'... What did you say?'

Calix suddenly turned stiff. Karam didn't know about Calix having a unique Term Attribute.

[Ah yes, I heard that the Hero, Arthur Pendragon purified the power of hell and turned it into pure endless energy...]

"..."

Calix glanced at his weapon. Inside the weapon was a coin... A Fragment Of Excalibur.

Perhaps that was the reason why Calix felt a slight attraction towards the ball of flame. Because of the old coin.

'Does it mean that...'

[No, the Fragment Of Excalibur indeed has endless energy but it's too weak compared to the power of Hell. I say the Fragment Of Excalibur only has 0.0001% of Hell's power. Hey, Master, don't believe what I say seriously. Just like what I said earlier, these are nothing but rumors. I don't even remember the people who talked about it, I'm too old, remember?]

Her assurance didn't work with Calix. Because his emotions right now were complicated.

"Hey, are you alright? You look pale. Perhaps I scared you a lot."

Ivy Naomi concluded that Calix became quiet because of what she did earlier.

"... Well, if you answered some of my questions, I might help you fight the Kingdom of Junian."

"Really?"

Calix returned to reality after hearing what she said. Calix decided to forget about the Fragment Of Excalibur and Hell for the time being. He had another thing to focus on.

"I promise."

"You won't kill me?"

"As long as I don't have any reason to."

Ivy Naomi returned to her usual cold expression so Calix couldn't discern if she was lying or not.

However, he knew that he didn't have a choice but to believe her. After all, the situation was bad for Calix and Datu Azim.

He was not confident that he could survive this place while protecting Datu Azim. The woman was not Lucky and she might die.

Calix didn't want the tribe leader to die. Datu Azim helped him and it won't be right to let her die. Calix was not a heartless person, he strongly believed so.

"What do you think?"

"... I'll carry my friend."

"That's fine with me."

In the end, Calix decided to trust the woman and followed her out of the cave.