Chapter 714 The Veiled Proprietor
Aerialia couldn't shake the feeling that Orion had somehow managed to encounter another god; that alone was enough to set her thoughts racing. It seemed ridiculous, but she couldn't dismiss the possibility.
Noticing Aerialia's gaze and hearing her question, Orion cleared his throat and began to explain all the events that had occurred that night. After he finished, he waited for Aerialia to absorb his words and fully process the information.
"So you're saying that all of this happened just this night?" Aerialia asked, her voice tinged with scepticism.
Orion nodded. "Yes," he responded.
"My goodness, are you guys cursed or something?" Aerialia said, shaking her head with a long, sharp exhale escaping her lips.
Orion smiled wryly when he heard Aerialia's words. Though he could understand what Aerialia was thinking about, that didn't mean he had an answer to her question.
Witnessing Orion's expression, Aerialia sighed. She shifted her attention towards the divine artefact and couldn't help but frown deeply as she observed it carefully.
"So you want me to confirm if it's genuinely a divine artefact and how you can activate it," Aerialia asked, focusing her eyes back on Orion.
Orion nodded.
Aerialia fixed her eyes on the Orb, "Well, I can confirm that it's definitely a divine artefact," she said with a contemplative expression, "As for activating it, have you tried dropping your blood on it?" she asked.
Orion shook his head in response, "No, I haven't," he responded.
"Since this divine artefact had not been granted to you by a god like the last two you had received, I think dropping your blood on it might help," Aerialia replied.
Orion nodded. He pricked his skin with his fingers and allowed it to drop on the Orb. When his blood landed on the Orb, its golden, amber, and crimson hues shone even brighter before suddenly dimming and reverting to their previous appearance.
"Did it work?" Aerialia asked, her eyes fixed on Orion curiously.
If Orion had bonded with the Orb, then he should feel a strong connection with it, which they could use to activate it and possibly find out the functions of the divine artefact.
Orion furrowed his brows, "No, I don't feel any connection," he responded, shaking his head.
Aerialia frowned. "Are you sure?" she questioned.
She had observed Orb's strange reaction to Orion's blood, so she was a little sceptical that nothing had happened.
Orion nodded, "Yes. I don't feel anything. It didn't work," he responded with a disappointed sigh.
Hearing Orion's response, Aerialia's frown deepened further, her brows furrowing in deep contemplation.
After a few seconds, she narrowed her eyes at Orion. "I think I might know why it didn't work," she said solemnly.
"What is it then?" Orion asked, his eyes fixed on Aerialia, curiously awaiting her response.
"It might not have worked because this divine artefact might still be bound to another person. But this normally wouldn't be an issue since a person can forcefully break a bond between a person and an artefact. However, if the individual is much stronger than the person trying to break that bond, it might as well be a fruitless endeavour," Aerialia explained.
"So that means there is already someone much stronger than me bound to this artefact?" Orion responded with a deep frown.
"Yes," Aerialia responded with a nod.
"You are a goddess, right? Can't you do anything about it?" Orion asked, his tone tinged with a mixture of frustration and hope.
Aerialia snorted, "Right now, I'm only a divine soul, and my anchor to the world is through the Crimson Greatsword or the Princess of the Garden. So, if we want to try that method, we can only do it through the Princess of the Garden. Also, though I doubt that the person bound to this divine artefact is a divine being, considering that we have already come across the Aegis of the Arctic Deity, we shouldn't rule out that possibility. So if there is backlash from trying to break the bond, I'll have to warn you that the Princess of the Garden would have to bear it," Aerialia explained.
"That means I'll have to keep it away for later. I don't want to risk anything happening to the Princess of the Garden and our children," Orion responded with a defeated sigh.
"I knew you were going to say that," Aerialia responded, her tone tinged with admiration and amusement.
She had already anticipated such a response; otherwise, she wouldn't have informed him about such a method.
Aerialia then shifted her gaze towards the Devourer's bracelet, "What do you plan to do with the Devourer's bracelet?" she asked, her eyes fixed on Orion, curious about his intentions.
Orion explained his plan to give the Devourer's bracelets to Seraphina and see if they would aid her experiments with the potential four-star Vylkr vines and if she would also be able to replicate the mechanism.
Aerialia nodded in understanding.
Though she recognized Saraphina's brilliance after her success with Greta in developing an elixir to restrain Orion's incredibly fertile semen, she still harboured doubts about whether Saraphina could succeed. After all, it was obvious that the Devourer's bracelet was much more complex than it appeared, and divine energy, which only she had managed to detect, had acted as a catalyst for the potential four-star Vylkr vine.
Orion then grabbed one of the Devourer's bracelets and opened the small compartment. He found a small golden vial, which he carefully removed before closing the compartment.
Orion didn't touch anything else and not to cause any potentially irreversible disruptions as he was uncertain of where the Devourer's heart was located within the Devourer's bracelet's contraption.
"What is that?" Aerialia asked curiously.
Orion explained the purpose of the golden vial and its uses. When he finished, Aerialia suddenly had a look of realization on her face, "So that's where the diluted Vylkr energy is stored?"
Orion nodded.
"Open it; I want to look at how the diluted Vylkr energy looks," Aerialia said eagerly.
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