I kept my attention on Hades even as I greeted Tinary and Olaf, the two must have noticed as I noticed their attention being diverted from me to the miniature Sun that Hades entered.
I was the only one there who could perceive things in more detail since these flames were derived from my Curse, plus I have a connection with Hades.
Because of these factors, I was able to feel a flow of energy running through the sphere, it was actually 3 flows of energy, one spiritual energy with traces of Soul energy, the second was literally cursed energy, something that is not found naturally anywhere and the last one was literally life energy.
What surprised me was this third flow of energy, this is because I could not understand where this life energy came from, this is why life energy becomes the permanent link between a Soul and its body, then it becomes the source of vitality that keeps a body alive, when someone dies it means that this connection has been destroyed leaving a vacuum that becomes its opposite that is the energy of death.
I studied about these two types of energy as best I could directly with the priests of the Temple of Life and the Church of Death who live inside the Dungeon, so I know that there shouldn't be an energy flow of this energy inside the cursed Sun I created.
I was too surprised that my attention was fully focused on the miniature Sun I had created by burning all these monsters with my Curse.
This time I wasn't paying so much attention to Hades, that's because he wasn't creating this life energy, he was just manipulating the energy flows, which means it was coming from somewhere else.
I was very tempted to explode my Aura to envelop this small Sun, so I could perceive everything in more detail without missing anything, but not knowing what Hades was doing, I tried to restrict myself so as not to get in the way for fear of putting him in danger.
That's why I had to use only my senses, I used my Aura in my eyes along with some spells, skills, and Spiritual Runes to see things that normal eyes couldn't see, that way I managed to increase the scope of what I could sense from this miniature Sun.
I could see the 3 energy streams now and not just feel it like before, so I started tracing the entire trajectory of these energy streams, as Hades was at the center where the 3 energy streams converge and I was sure that Hades was not the initial source them, then he was the end.
Knowing that Hades marked the end of the route of the 3 energy flows, I began to trace their trajectories from the end to the beginning, it took me a few minutes to realize that it had not started, the flows formed three rings of circular energy from where the flows extended until they reached to Hades in a circular path circling around him.
Before long I realized where the life energy was coming from, the other two types of energy were coming at length from the monsters getting weaker and weaker to the point of being almost dead, so even if it didn't make sense the life energy must be coming from them.
If this curse wasn't mine I would believe if the typical third of energy was Vitality, but as the one who created and used this curse, I know that the Curse literally burns Vitality making it impossible to make that flow in the first place.
I tried to focus on one of the monsters devoting all my senses and perception to it, that's when I realized that the flames themselves were the source of life energy, my Curse was burning large amounts of vitality for the number of monsters, which were strong enough to have a lot of vitality, the burned Vitality was generating small traces of vital energy as if refining that energy using the monsters as a sacrifice.
Having finally understood how all this was happening I realized that my Curse was not only powerful but also in the category of forbidden curses because it involved the Taboo of Life, this was something I should perhaps discuss with High Priestess Yara later.
I was happy to have come up with an answer and so my attention level split again when I called that we had guests, but they had eyes locked on the miniature Sun just like most everyone shoo my Floating Ship.
I only had to wait a few more minutes, with the monsters so weak it was only a matter of time before the Sun started to shrink in size as dust started to spread out from the Ashes of these dead monsters.
In the end, everyone watched until the miniature Sun disappeared leaving only Hades with 5 eyes of different colors and my appearance standing still with 3 crystals floating in his hands.
He looked completely unharmed as if that miniature Sun was just an illusion with no true destructive power, which is not the case.
Hades comes back to me entering the ship and getting on his knees in front of me while presenting the 3 crystals still emitting high temperature with steam coming out of them just as steam comes out of Hades' kneeling body.
"My lord, I present a Cursed Core, a Spirit Crystal, and a Spark of Life to you, please accept." (Hades)
"..." (I)
I knew these names, but only through my studies, two of them are difficult and very rare things, but the third was something I only saw in books about legends of this world, its existence not even confirmed.
I looked at my sisters and Caitlyn had her eyes wide open looking directly at the Cursed Core, Natasha was just looking at Hades as if thinking about something and Elizabeth exchanged glances with me smiling as she nodded her head in approval.
"Thanks, I have a lot of questions, but first." (I)
I study my hand collecting the 3 items in a separate space using my space element magic, I didn't even try to store it in a storage item.
After that, I bit the tip of my finger before focusing my Authority and Aura into a single drop of blood that I dropped on top of Hades' head.
Immediately a light blast of Aura and Authority makes everyone but me step back before it envelops Hades' entire body, then envelops himself in his Aura hiding from everyone's senses but me.
I did this because Hades still didn't seem to have a tight grip on his power, Aura, and body.
My blood will limit his blood, my Aura will keep his in check and my authority can suppress his power, but all this is only possible because all of his came from me, otherwise, it would need a Curse to accomplish the same thing.
"This is just so we don't have any unforeseen events, but you still need to continue your training." (I)
"For now, stay and meet the others." (I)
"As you wish..." (Hades)
I let the girls accompany Hades, I know they haven't had time to talk to him yet and only heard about him through me, so they can take care of it, meanwhile, I looked back at the two guests.
Olaf seemed to be only looking at my sister Natasha with a challenging smile to which she responded with the same kind of smile, I can imagine their desire to fight each other.
Tinary was already looking at me with even more reverence than before, I could also feel a glint in her eyes that I couldn't identify what it could be, my biggest guess being that she thought about something.
"Sorry to be late, can we go to town now?" (I)
"I can understand wanting to wait for a teammate or subordinate without wanting to leave them behind." (Tinary)
"Come Ortiz, I'm going to show you the path that this vessel must take." (Tinary)
"Alright, let's go." (Ortiz)
While I was talking to Tinary her partner was walking towards Natasha, I saw them talking, but I couldn't hear their conversations, Natasha's Aura was interfering with my senses.
With nothing to do, I went back to enjoying the scenery around me as the Floating Ship continued to head towards Border Town.
As we were getting closer I noticed several streams of energy like a network, it was a barrier, almost a structure that could be activated, it was almost imperceptible, but the closer to the Border City it became more noticeable for some with Affinity with nature like me.
This barrier structure seemed to be made of nature's own energy, but it was strange, it was extending away from Border Town, I didn't understand the reason for that.
While wondering about this I couldn't help but appreciate the beautiful sight of this city expanding in my vision as we approached, an entire city made of metal, stone, and crystals was incredible, the city itself had so much concentrated energy that it was incredible making even the atmosphere gets heavier.
When we arrived at the edge of the city there was what looked like a large teleportation portal on one side and on the other a space for landing, when the ship stopped there I could see that the city was full of people with powerful Auras.
I made everyone below a certain strength threshold go back to the Dungeon because I realized they wouldn't even be able to get off the Ship here, just the weight of so many Auras of that caliber on someone without enough strength to be more than harmful.
Apart from these dangers that are not apparent, the City was incredible, it had a futuristic architectural aesthetic, but it was full of magic in every corner, it was incredible.
·?θm "I'll take you to a place where you can stay while you're here, after which Ortiz can guide you to Orsel's office." (Tinary)
"Thanks." (I)
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