Odyssey of the Blind God

The receiver of the surveillance runic armaments was no other than Felicia, the winged woman Nial had encountered in the cathedral of the Golden City upon arrival, and Siegfried.

Nial couldn't be sure that Felicia, as a fellow Balgris, would expose the secrets of her race's Prince, but he was not ready to trust Siegfried with his life.

Thus, Nial ended up adding all the contact details of the messenger crystals he had gotten to know into the receiver of the surveillance runic armament.

Finn didn't know that Nial had only a few contacts and that he didn't know the higher authorities' contact details. Nial took advantage of Finn's ignorance, which seemed to work perfectly fine.

Finn was not sure who Nial sent the livestream of the surveillance runic armament which was why he wanted to destroy it to prevent anyone from finding out more.

He turned in Nial's direction with wrath in his eyes but Nial was unaffected. It almost looked like he had been acting scared before, and as if Nial had known about Finn's actions from the beginning.

This caused the young Prince to shudder at the thought that Nial had planned everything.

"You really aren't going to tell me why you killed so many Runiciers? I really doubt that killing for the sake of it, or winning the grand prize of the U21 Runicier tournament is worth the risk of endangering your entire race," Nial said nonchalantly, releasing his dark energy through the ground once again.

However, instead of trying to be careful and preventing Finn from seeing what he was doing, Nial did so openly. Finn's complexion changed when he noticed that the entire hallways behind Nial turned into a black abyss.

Nial didn't even cover the entire hallways with his darkness but just a tiny part behind him using his dark miasma to make it look like the entire hallway was suddenly shrouded in the darkness Nial controlled.

Simultaneously, the dark energy spread slowly through the hallways in front of Nial, reaching out for Finn.

"I will tell you if you stop expanding this weird…energy domain or whatever it is!" Finn said suddenly in an alarmed tone. As if on cue, Nial stopped spreading out his dark energy almost instantly as if he had been expecting Finn's demand.

"Go on then," Nial motioned for Finn to start speaking.

"Well, where should I start?..." Finn asked, dragging each word out. The young Prince knew that he didn't have much time but he couldn't simply attack Nial, especially since he knew that the blind Original had extremely fast reflexes.

There were a few things Finn had to prepare, and answering Nial's question would give him more than enough time to allow him to do whatever he planned.

He activated [Limit breaker] on one of his rings before focusing the activated effects on the new goods he manifested in his hands.

A bunch of tiny weapons appeared in his hands, which Nial was not able to perceive with his range of perception or his [Mana Sense]. That was exactly what Finn planned, but he was missing out on several important facts that were directly related to Nial.

Nial had to hide his smile as he acted impatient and showed as if his patience was wearing thin.

"From the beginning," He began hastily, while using his extraordinary senses to perceive what Finn was preparing.

"Okay okay…then I should start with the fact that nobody really cares about most Grand Prizes. For most races participating in the tournament, it is not exactly impossible to obtain a Blaze Dragon's Heart or a Silvergaerd Unicorn's Horn. It's not easy but it is definitely not impossible if they are willing to sacrifice some of their Demi-Gods.

However, for a Dryad Queen's tear to manifest, one of the two things should happen. Either the Dryad Queen's whole race must be on the brink of destruction, or the one and only love of the Dryad Queen must have died, making her gut-wrenchingly sad.

The latter happened and only the Dryad Queen manifested merely three tears afterward. Some say that this is only a legend and that the Dryad Queen never had a lover or that she never cried, which would mean that the grand prize of the U21 Runicier tournament would be a farce.

However, the truth is that the tear truly exists and that it is the last of two existing tears. One of the Dryad Queen tear's had been used to return the Dryad Queen's lover to the place he belonged; nature.

He is said to have become a tree, but that is not something I can vouch for. Nevertheless, the tear of the Dryad Queen is said to be strong enough to heal DemiGods and even revive them from death's bed.

If the Golden Armaments Union is truly in the possession of one of the Dryad Queen's tears, I need it, otherwise, my race is doomed, either way!" Finn seemed sad the more he spoke but he never stopped moving his hands.

He was determined to protect his race, even if that meant he had to offend a dozen or more races. Waging war with a bunch of races meant that they still had the chance of survival, if only marginal. Meanwhile, not getting his hands on the Dryad Queen's tear would inevitably result in the Brigas' annihilation.

"Well that sounds sad, but whatever. You are willing to sacrifice other beings for your own good," Nial reminded him before he shook his head as he spoke in all honesty,

"I would probably do the exact same if my race's survival would be dependant on winning the tournament…and with your talent as Runicier, winning without cheating is definitely not possible. You're a good alchemist but definitely not someone with the talent of a true Runicier."

In Finn's situation, his only shot at getting what he wanted was to cheat in order to win the U21 Runicier tournament or to steal the Dryad Queen's tear. Cheating was quite difficult if the rounds were observed by the judges intently and evaluated fairly, which was why Finn turned out to become a mass murderer.

His reasoning was quite noble in Nial's opinion but that didn't mean he would allow anyone to kill him, whether that meant the death of his race, or not. It was not Nial's problem and he needed the Dryad Queen's tear for his race's sake as well.

If the Forest of Life would receive the Dryad's tear, both humans and elves would have much better conditions to become stronger at a much faster pace. That being said, they would have it easier to survive the future threats that awaited them on Jundra.

Nial was not willing to lose against Finn, which was why he turned serious as he began to expand his dark energy once again.

"Unfortunately, I cannot allow you to win either. I need to make sure that my race will survive as well, even if I'm not a prince or whatever. I cannot allow you to hinder me from protecting my family!" Nial didn't see a point in giving up on the Dryad Queen's tear.

He had given his best during the last 14 months to become the best Runicier in the short time he had received. Jundra's planetary mana core was likely to awaken in less than a year, which meant that many powerful beasts and races would start appearing on Jundra.

Nial was pretty sure that he would only be able to influence the events that were bound to happen if he were to be at the Prometheus rank the moment the Jundra would awaken its mana.

In fact, being a powerful individual was not enough, everyone had to be powerful when Jundra would awaken. This was necessary to survive, and Nial would never surrender the Dryad Queen's tear, not without giving his all and putting up a fight!

"Thanks for listening to me and allowing me to prepare my counterattack, you idiot!" Finn suddenly growled, sounding devilish as his body turned slightly reddish. He released [Limit Breaker] on himself to release his whole power at once. The aftermath of this action caused Finn to feel like he had made a big mistake but he had to give his all to make sure that he could change his plan according to the trouble Nial had pulled him into.

"You can die with the short story I gave you, bye bye!" He was seething in anger and activated all the mana-concealed objects he was tightly holding in his hand.

He activated everything at once and didn't hesitate to attack Nial directly with the aim to kill him.

However, Nial just smiled, shaking his head lightly.

"Did you really think that I cannot hear anything? You should understand that someone blind will never rely on his range of perception alone…not after they realize that mana concealing objects exist," Nial retorted while raising his arm.

As if on cue, dark energy shot out of the ground, the walls, and the ceiling.

A perfect wall of darkness was created. It was several meters thick and was supposed to be endurable enough to block all kinds of attacks that were thrown at him.

Even if that was not the case, Finn's sight was completely blocked and he wouldn't be able to attack precisely.

"You fucking coward!" Finn yelled at him as blood popped out from all over his body. His skin had burst open, looking extremely painful as blood kept spurting out of him as if it was being squeezed hard.

"Rather than a coward, I'm careful of not getting injured. I need to keep participating in the tournament, after all," Nial replied, unbothered by the curses thrown at him before he lightly added something that drained Finn of all his blood.

"Unfortunately, you have other problems to take care of. You seem to have a guest!" Nial laughed as he revealed that he had noticed the presence of someone after perceiving it with his range of perception.

"What is going on here?! Finn Evergard, Youngest son of the Balgris race's royal family, if you don't stop moving right here and right now, I will fucking execute you immediately!" A thunderous voice resounded through the hallway, and Finn froze in an instant.

A terrifying pressure engulfed the young Balgris, preventing him from doing anything but feel suffocated.

The entire Colosseum had begun to tremble and an overly familiar Negiv stepped slowly through the hallway. He stretched his hand out, which allowed him to control the walls around him.

The dark energy of Nial was destroyed at once as earthen pillars shout out from all directions. They prevented Finn from moving a single inch.

His entire body turned into a statue shrouded in compressed earth. Only his eyes and nose were free, allowing the young Prince to see everything around him and to breathe for a few more minutes.

"So you are the murderer, who turned my entire tournament in a laughing stock? The bastard of the Balgris family…" Card Melphy was fuming in anger as he appeared in front of Finn, whose eyes were trembling in fear.

He could barely breathe and looked at the Negiv in fright, fully aware of what would happen next.

"If I knew that you were the son of this piece of trash, I would have figured that you have the same cursed Innate ability as he owns… I could have stopped you from doing something so foolish," the President of the Golden Armaments Unions stated with pain and sadness in his eyes.

"No wonder you were able to kill all these Runiciers…the pride of all races…" Card Melphy added before his gaze turned to Nial, who bowed his head lightly.

"Well, except this young man, I guess…" He said with a special emphasis on every word he uttered.

"Seems like he was able to trick you, and get stronger backers than you could ever wish for!"

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