BXBX NOVEL Chapter 307: Mystery Box
"We got enough Patron Points to buy those Mystery Boxes."
"Buy it," Aria said with shining eyes, curious about the mystery hiding in the mystery box.
"Yeah, let\'s buy it," Erix nodded and opened Patron Realm status.
[Patron Realm]
_Candidates: Rin & Erix.
_Leaderboard Rank: Unranked.
—> Yet to enter any challenge.
_Patron points: 763
_Patron shop.
—> [ Open - Close ]
Both of them opened the Patron shop and spent 10 points each, deducting a total of 20 points from 763 as two palm-sized white boxes with faint gold linear patterns appeared before them.
"Eh?" Erix noticed a timer after buying the mystery box.
"It seems that we can only buy one Mystery box per week," Rin wryly smiled.
"That sounds good depending on the types of items this mystery box gives," Lilith smiled.
"Let\'s open it," Erix touched the center of the box, which had a keyhole-shaped design.
"You first," Rin held off and focused on the other mystery box as it opened.
After a burst of sparks, the box vanished before an item materialized. It was round and shiny.
[Congratulations. The mystery box mystized a consumable-type item—Pill: Dream of Horvux.]
The pill floated before Erix. It was glassy black with a mysterious purple and bright brown cloud-like phenomenon whirling inside.
"What the hell?" Amu jumped in shock upon looking at the pill
"There\'s a soul, a spirit inside the pill, but it\'s strange. I can\'t understand."
"I can\'t understand," Amu\'s voice was frustrated.
"It\'s normal," Tenebria chuckled. Patron Shop\'s mystery wouldn\'t give normal items. Some rare ones would be strange, with fortune and danger attached."
"This pill is something of that type. A rare find," Tenebria looked at the pill with a curious and reminiscent light in her eyes.
Everyone quickly inspected the pill to see if they could get information.
[Dream of Horvux]
_Eranul Dimension Pill.
_Patron: House of DreamSand.
_Effect: Enter the dream of Horvux upon eating the pill, and change its fate in the realm with your soul at stake.
"Well. The mystery will remain longer it seems," Erix wryly chuckled and put away the pill.
"Just follow your way as usual, and you\'ll awaken your souls," Tenebria said.
"Yep," Lilith chuckled, "They\'ll achieve it soon."
"Time for my box," Rin rubbed her palms a couple of times before putting her hand on the box\'s lock sign.
It burst with sparkling lights and revealed a big item, hovering above everyone and covering the entire table.
*Crackle…*
The shadow it cast over the table was tingling everyone as they sensed the aura of the dark cloud that crackled with pristine blue-white lighting.
It was beautiful, but the stark contrast of the black cloud and the aura of the lightning indicated a certain doom.
"Woah!" Aria exclaimed as her eyes reflected the heavenly lighting bolts as they crackled with a certain destructive pleasing aesthetic.
[Heavenly Nimbus Shen ]
_Heavenly Immortals Dimension.
_Patron: Sun Wukong Palace.
_Description:
—> Heavenly Nimbus Shen is an opportunity. Bind with it and kill other possessors of Heavenly Nimbus Shen to evolve yours.
—> When the number of the possessors reduces to 100, the trial of the Awakened to Void will begin. Other Possessors: 6834.
_Note: Discover the abilities of Heavenly Nimbus Shen yourself after binding with it.
"Well, this is another rare item," Tenebria said. "I think first Mystery boxes always give a rare reward."
"But this is damn great!" Rin appeared on the cloud like a lightning bolt as she finished binding with it.
"Babe, this is Sun Wukong\'s myth!" Erix was also dumbfounded as he exclaimed. "What the fuck, it\'s real…"
"It\'s not a myth anymore," Rin grinned. "And if Sun Wukong is real, how powerful he would be?"
"Pff," Tenebria couldn\'t help but laugh as she shook her head, "Sun Wukong\'s power is not something you can imagine right now."
"Furthermore, Sun Wukong\'s most recent activity is dated back to over a hundred thousand years ago," Tenebria weakly smiled. "So, you can\'t imagine the realm of power he has at his disposal."
"True," Amu dazedly nodded. "I also can\'t understand a shit from this one\'s foundation. The nature of force at its core is something I can\'t comprehend at all, but it\'s the least thing present. It\'s…I can\'t describe it."
At the moment, Amu\'s world was also expanding. It was always trapped under that Elf kingdom, and its knowledge had gathered due to people visiting him, but the true scope of the world, the main one outside of the Abyss, was still foreign to the cute Slime.
The understanding of power was limited to Amu\'s own power and observation made in the Langriss forest.
"Rin, let\'s play with this cloud and discover its powers," Aria said as she appeared beside Rin with excitement in her eyes.
"Let\'s go."
…
As the group made their way back to the central region after five hours of leisure and fun travel, their journey\'s end in the Abyss neared.
Lily staying to assist Lilith in her final tasks here.
Maleina was also staying as a needed assistant.
However, Aria\'s journey here was over, so she would be going with Rin and Erix.
Amu was like a contracted spirit to Aria but on a deeper level due to the pure soul binding since Amu had tied its life to Aria.
But the departure was not immediate.
Tenebria left while the group stayed in the resort.
Rin and Aria fell asleep like logs as the evening descended, but for Erix, Lilith, and Lily, the night was long.
After all, they would be separated for some time, so Erix and the ladies had a long, leisurely, intense, and variety of modes in the night.
Maleina also joined as a supporter of the sort, but Erix proved heavy and dominant due to one single additional factor.
His Bloodline.
The boost that his newly acquired Bloodline gave Erix was insane, and its potential was screaming at him.
As for others, Lily and Maleina were utterly wasted, and Lilith…
…
"Sorry, you won\'t be able to say goodbye to her."
Rin stood in the bedroom as she saw Lilith wrapped up in the cocoon.
"I went all out and triggered her Bloodline\'s evolution," Erix said with a laugh.
"I\'ll keep her at the faction\'s abode. It will be safe there," Tenebria said. "Let\'s go. The portal is ready."
The group arrived at the Unbound Star cosmic faction\'s palace.
The huge Blessed Island attracted everyone\'s attention, and people also knew the winner as the mirage crystals had spread everywhere in the central region.
The battle of Erix, Rin, Lily, and Aria against those five thousand Royal-order hunters was also recorded, so everyone knew what they revealed so far.
All Royal-order and Empyrean-order collectively heaved a sigh when they saw Erix\'s gang before the portal above the Unbound Star cosmic faction\'s mansion.
"They are leaving."
"Best news for the next fifty years."
"If they stayed here longer…I can\'t image what would happen."
Everyone talked, and people gathered below. Shortly, they saw the Blessed Island disappearing.
It went inside Erix\'s origin region.
"We\'ll be there soon," Lily said with a smile.
Rin, Erix, Aria, and Amu entered the portal as Lily, Maleina, and Tenebria watched them vanish.
Lilith was not present as she was in her bloodline\'s next evolution.
The dark red cocoon with mystical golden patterns had a mysterious and deadly aura.
Although Rin and Erix\'s story in the Abyss ended, a new one would begin soon that would shake the Abyss soon.
It would begin as soon as Lilith emerged from the cocoon.
The Dark Queen\'s wrath.
…
Earth, Phoenix city.
The Labyrinth Tower that pierced through the sky in the Phoenix City glowed briefly before a portal opened high above, at twenty kilometers off the surface, Erix and others emerged.
"We are finally back, eh?" Erix took a deep breath. "Wait, this smell is different. We need to descend to see how our world looks after five months."
"So this is your world," Aria curiously looked with her eyes shining, being able to look far and wide despite being so high in the sky.
"Let\'s not make an entry with Blessed Island yet," Rin grinned.
"Yep. It will be fun as a surprise," Erix laughed.
However, they suddenly got a notification.
[Please enter the Labyrinth Tower and register as natives if you want to regain the benefits of the Mystic Record of this planet.]
"Eh? Oh yeah, the leaderboard tab and others disappeared after we died," Erix said as he remembered.
"I guess it\'s about that. We need to register to participate in events and other things here like the leaderboards," Rin nodded.
"if it is for natives, I won\'t be able to participate in those things with you," Aria said with a slight pout, but then she also got a notification that surprised her and then gave a big smile.
[You were born in the Abyss, so you can choose to get native benefits of this Mystic Record by registering. Enter the tower\'s base floor.]