Temporal Pearls

Chapter 206: Seth Made Trial

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Then the vial began to move out but as a tip came, heavy pressure came with it, the vial developed inscriptions that absorbed energy from the bloodline inside to contain it.

It then moved out while still augmenting itself until the vial was completely out. The vial now was covered with strange symbols that glow with power.

"Amazing! This vial is that good, no wonder Fist doesn't want to give....." He didn't finish saying that when his cloak wrapped him and then....

Kaboom!

He was blasted by the explosion, the whole house was blown up and a terrifying pressure descended that made all the beasts fall down. And the pressure disappeared as fast.

Seth stood, with a broken hand and bleeding face, sadly, his shifting armour was off and some impact hit him. His whole house was blown off, leaving only the strong foundations and pillars.

The womb was standing there as it took back the bloodline essence.

[Vial Grade too low]

"Now you say that?" Seth complained as he dragged himself back. He went to the Village Tome, there was a Village points due to it becoming a Real Village so he used it to repair the house.

"Please, survive!" Seth pleaded as he searched for the other Vial. He managed to find it with no cracks.

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Seth walked toward the meeting point early in the morning. He was dishevelled as he had spent days with no sleep and did heavy stuff today.

"Welcome!" James said expectedly with a smile, "What happened to you?" He became worried.

"Many things!" Seth said. His boots were covered in dirt and he was very tired, to say the least.

"Let me rest!" He drank from the Soothing Guard while he sat down before he said, "That vial grade is too low. I think someone lied to you Fist. Yours is destroyed but you James, you are lucky, I learned from the other one to be careful." He said as he caught his breath.

"What do you mean my vial was destroyed?" Fist said with a pit of anger.

"It exploded when the bloodline entered it. It does become stronger but was never enough!"

"That's impossible. Those vials are very..."

"Calm down!" James said before he asked, "What about mine then?"

He wished to get his own vial before anything. Afterwards, Fist can do whatever needs to be done.

"Well, that is more complicated!" Seth said with a smile.

"Nice to meet you!" Seth said.

"Raindrops Team. How are you guys doing!" Juma said with hostility. "Seth, are you with them? And what is this place!"

"I just met them like you!" Seth said.

"We were passing by this Temra's Sanctuary so we decided to come down and rest!" Sapna said to Juma before she looked Seth in the eyes and said, "Temra, you know him right!" She asked.

Seth smiled in understanding, "Temra is a She." He said before he turned to James and said, "James here is the treasure Map. Find your treasury."

He then explained further for everyone to know, "This place belongs to a powerful dragon known as Temra. You know those races love hiding treasures, seek them! Don't forget it was a trial!"

James just stared at him, "For real? This is even more complicated. Come on, please"

"I'm very sorry. You have to pass the trial. Try not to kill us!" Seth added before he found a place and sat with a mischievous smile on his face.

The moment James found the vial, then one of the conditions will be met for Seth's Class Quest but the truth was that wasn't the only reason he was taking the long way to give him.

James stood there with a paper filled with writings and sketches in his hand. He doesn't know what to say, he needs the vial but he felt Seth was just playing him. But looking at the five strangers that Juma seem to know he wonders if it was true then these people try to find the treasure and they do, there might be a bigger conflict

"Let me see!" Rena took the paper and went through it, "it's a riddle and a map, solve the riddle and understand the map direction!" She said with a smile. She had cracked it.

Seth expected Quest to generate but it seems it was not the case.

Other players go through the paper before they understand the riddle in less than a minute and find a way to read it. And in no time they found the place.

The whole canyon has arrangements of stone that range from fist sizes to a boulder in groups of 10. On them, numbers are carved in tenth and hundredth.

"Whoever made this map and riddle has an IQ lower than 70. I pity him!" James said out loud to attract Seth that appeared half-sleepy. Seth smiled and opened his eyes without saying a thing.

"How to make Tuwo and Kuka for the group!" Rena read the last phase. James was still smiling when he frowned and asked. "Now we are making food?"

"Apparently!" Rena said in thought.

"What kind of dish was that?" Zero asked his sister.

"Hmm, it's an old traditional food made in ancient Africa!" She answered. "There is a list of ingredients here that will be used!"

There were lists of the ingredients needed on the paper but they all have values in numbers with the average quantity attached. After discussion, they realized Seth wanted them to make the food and after that sum the ingredient number and quantity, and the answer would point to the boulder or stone to be lifted.

"Can't we just lift them one by one!" Zero said but they found Seth summoning his glass shield and hiding behind it. They also remember Seth saying 'Try not to kill us!'

"There are traps inside!" Rena said. "This place is freshly made right. Seth, you made it?"