The Lord Is Too Overbearing

Splash!

As Basil washed his face with the clear liquid inside the goblet, Deacon and Iliana, who had been watching him, blinked their eyes in surprise. They wondered what Basil was doing, but they didn't confront him about it.

They knew Basil was the type of a guy who would do anything for a reason, so him messing around was very highly unlikely.

On the other hand, Basil himself didn't know whether what he had done held some meaning or was nothing but a prank. He didn't feel any change after washing his face with the liquid, and he inclined to believe that he had been pranked.

At least, that was until he looked ahead of him. His eyes immediately widened the moment he saw something that he didn't see earlier.

There was a small chest that was surrounded by yellow light floating above the altar in front of him.

He was sure he didn't see any Concealment Spell was cast around the area when he inspected it with his [Eyes of Mana Perception], but after he washed his face with the liquid, he could immediately see the chest that was hidden by the Spell.

He wondered about how his [Eyes of Mana Perception] couldn't work despite how proficient he was in utilizing it, but immediately discarded the thought when he looked at the goblet.

He immediately realized that his [Eyes of Mana Perception] weren't faulty, and instead, he was the one who had been fooled by the Concealment Rune Carved inside the goblet.

He had only noticed it now that there was also a Rune Carved on the floor where he was standing on. It was very sensitive to Mana, so he had unintentionally activated it the moment he stood on it.

Combined with the hidden Concealment Rune inside the goblet, it was no wonder that he couldn't detect the floating chest. The Runes had reflected his Mana back at him, so he could only see what his normal eyes could see.

'To think that Solomon is also superstitious... I guess talent has nothing to do with beliefs.'

The reason why Basil called Solomon superstitious was because of what the water did to him—what Solomon made him do. The water was nothing but an ordinary liquid, however Solomon made that as a requirement to break his Spell.

Only conservative people did that as they believed that water could purify one's mind, just like what the water inside the goblet had done to Basil.

Although he did only see the chest after he washed his face with the water, in actuality, he could see the chest because the Rune, which Solomon Carved on the goblet, had deemed him worthy to see the chest.

Was he worthy because he was the intended successor? No, he was worthy because he had followed what Solomon told him to—wash his face with the water in the goblet.

Ridiculous it is, but that is just what being a Mage meant.

"Now, let me see what the chest has inside it."

As Basil extended his hand, Iliana and Deacon watched him in curiosity and puzzlement again. Unlike him, they still couldn't see the chest, so the moment the chest appeared in his hand, they blinked their eyes in surprise.

Basil knew that he was being stared at by the two, but he was too curious of what the content of the chest was to mind them. There was also the fact that he was busy controlling the overflowing Qi in his body, so the two went completely ignored.

Clack!

Contrary to Basil's expectation, the chest didn't have any Rune Carved on it to prevent him from opening it, so he could open it without a hitch. He could immediately see two black metal rings with red linings inside the chest upon opening it.

He didn't know what the rings were, but he was sure they belonged to Solomon. He could feel the similarity in aura between the rings and the amulet he was wearing.

'Guide, what are these rings?'

As he didn't want to waste his time to guess what the rings were, he immediately asked the Guide about them. Like always, the Guide was there to answer him.

[Solving the Host's puzzlement...]

[The rings are the part of Solomon's 9 Seals. They are on the peak of High Grade Artefacts due to what they contain inside. There is...]

As the knowledge regarding the rings were carved in Basil's mind, he couldn't help blinking his eyes. Although he knew the rings were definitely High Grade Artefacts, he didn't expect what their true identity was.

Solomon's 9 Seals were the most sought after Artefacts that was said to contain an unimaginable power. They were the only Legacy of Solomon that no one had found in his past life, which made many people thought they never existed in the very first place.

As their name suggested, Solomon's 9 Seals sealed 9 different things in them. Although no one knew what specifically the things were, everyone believed they were something powerful.

'This doesn't feel right. Something must be going on...'

The Guide had told Basil what the rings contained, and instead of feeling joy, he frowned in contemplation. What had happened to him up till now had been too good to be true, he suspected that everything was premeditated.

Considering that he had met Matheus whose identity was still unclear, and learning the existence of the Gods, it wasn't an exaggeration to think that way. If his return to the past was also thanks to a God, that very God should also be able to do it.

Naturally, upon reaching that thought, he couldn't help but anticipate what was about to come in the near future.

The fortunes Basil had gotten was like a rain falling down upon a barren land. He was glad about it, but now he was worried that the rain was too much for the barren land.

Everyone knew what would happened to a land that had rain endlessly falling down upon it—it became flooded. He strongly believed that misfortunes would catch up to his fortunes soon.

It was highly likely the case, since the rings he got contained Caliburn, the Sword of Light, and the Soul Fragment of the First Lady—priceless Artefacts that were in the legend.

He didn't know anything about the latter, but the former shouldn't be something one would find even in black market.

Many people claimed the Sword of Light, Caliburn had been destroyed ever since King Arthur got Excalibur from the Lady of The Lake, so he didn't know why such a thing still existed.

Furthermore, Caliburn should have been forged by Merlin, the Great Mage of Camelot. He didn't know how it ended up in Solomon's hand, considering that there was around 100 years gap between Merlin's rise to prominent and Solomon's death.

Although Solomon was claimed to be missing, from Caesar's story, it was highly likely that as one of the main supporters of the Lord, he had been killed by the people of the Church, which was why Caliburn in one of Solomon's 9 Seals didn't make sense.

'How could a dead man posses something that would only exist in the next 100 years? Unless Merlin traveled to the past, which is highly unlikely, this should have never happened ... It happened nonetheless.'

Basil sighed as he couldn't come up with an explanation how Caliburn could end up in one of the Solomon's 9 Seals. He immediately tried his luck by asking the Guide about it, and he appeared to be lucky enough for the Guide to answer him.

[There are two Caliburns recorded in history: the first one that was forged by Solomon, and the second one that was forged by Merlin. While the first one is believed to be a legend, the second one is...]

It turns out, Merlin was nothing more than a copycat. He was inspired by the legendary Solomon's Caliburn that had been blessed by a God, so he had tried to recreate it to arm his King with a befitting weapon.

The Guide made clear that while Merlin's version of Caliburn could do many incredible things, it was still nothing compared to Solomon's Caliburn. Solomon's Caliburn was said to possess a Divinity, so it could do much more amazing things than Merlin's.

Basil, despite knowing the credibility of the Guide, was still sceptical if there really was Divinity in the sword. He wanted to pull the sword out there and then, but he was still curious about what the other ring contained, so he chose to postpone it.

'Guide, what is the Soul Fragment of the First Lady?'

[The Soul Fragment of the First Lady, as its name suggests, is a Seal that contains a fragment of soul of the deceased First Lady.]

Basil sighed in exasperation at the information, since that wasn't what he had wanted to know. He wasn't mad at the Guide though; he blamed himself for the way he worded his question.

'Guide, who is the First Lady?'

[The First Lady was the strongest human who managed to capture the heart of the Lord. She was the Lord's one and only wife, who was also the founder of Pacifer Clan.]

Boom!

Basil felt like his head was about to explode upon the revelation. The information was so mind-blowing, he didn't know how to react.

Although he still didn't know who the First Lady was, knowing that she was the founder of Pacifer Clan made it easier to figure out who the Lord was.

He could also easily deduce the Lord was a God from the way the Guide called the First Lady 'human' as if the Lord wasn't one himself, so that means, the God Pacifer Clan served that his mother had told him about was the Lord himself.

'The problem is, why did the Lord descend to the mortal world, leaving the Heavenly Throne, just to help humans and die by the hands of the humans he helped despite his power? Does this mean Pacifer Clan no longer has a God to be served?'

Basil couldn't think of an answer to his question, but he didn't mind it in the slightest. Looking at the ring containing the Soul Fragment of the First Lady, he knew he would be able to figure out that soon.

Since he had obtained the Legacies that were much more precious than he had thought, it was already time for him to leave. He wore the rings in his thumbs, and turned his back on the altar.

He was about to help Iliana collect the treasures when he felt his consciousness was sucked into the ring, and what he saw next caught him absolutely off guard.