I thought of many possibilities, a dozen treasures crossed my mind that could be inside this chest, but in the end, I was wrong and now I see how lucky I am.
I knew she was a fire element treasure and he would be mostly useful to me as I am the only person with the fire element so I can claim the treasure but I would have to pay my teammates somehow to buy his part of the loot.
Inside this chest radiating a red and gold light to a hibernating elemental fairy, she is sleeping inside a transparent crystal orb that contains a little colored light on its surface it is filled with a liquid that has golden colors and a little red.
It's not the first time I've been in the presence of an elemental fairy, but the last time she's been awake, enraged, and in her elemental form burning everything. So, comparing these two fairies I can't find a physical similarity between them.
The main light source that makes this chest stand out for me comes from the liquid the fairy is sleeping in and not from the fairy itself. This liquid is feeding the fairy's body and at the same time it seems to be making her state remain unchanged, there must be something mixed in this liquid that is already worth a fortune.
I have no idea what his name is, but he must be worth a lot since he's not only affecting the faerie but his ridiculously expensive crystal partner. This crystal is something I know because I've seen it before, but this time it was just a thin circular glass blade used in a high-level magical tool.
The crystal is called the nine colored folds crystal, this name comes from its manufacturing method and the characteristic of having a colorful glow on it. I have no idea how it is produced, the method of manufacture and an item that can be considered a level four or five material and something that is not publicized to many people.
This glass must have been used to trap the fairy because it is a great elemental insulator and is very strong. It has other uses, but they are not used here now, the problem is that cutting this glass is not something that anyone here has the power to do, a glass of this shape and thickness must be able to withstand the raw power and aura of a yellow core warrior without much trouble.
As far as I know no way to cut this glass other than the brute strength of a red core warrior and the light element, the pieces made from this glass are cut and molded by mages and warriors with the light element that the weakness of this glass, but even though this is the glass's weakness it still takes a lot of energy to cut this crystal.
So, I'm now looking at two treasures wrapped around a third treasure that prevents me from getting the first and second treasures. Is this bad luck or is it luck?
"What is it?"
I thought finding an elemental fairy inside this chest would be my biggest surprise today, but Gloria managed to steal first place with her absurd question. How can anyone think this object is anything other than an elemental fairy?
"Serious? This is a fire elemental fairy, have you never heard of elemental fairies?"
"Is that an elemental fairy? Shouldn't they be bigger and made of elements? This looks like a pet trapped in amber."
It almost made my ears bleed.
"This small humanoid creature with wings, small claws and a thin body is a fairy in their normal form, they can change into an elemental form that they usually use for combat."
"Okay, now it makes sense. I only saw an elemental fairy once and ala looked like a magical beast made of water. What are we going to do with this fairy? I'm not against giving it to you since you're the only one here with the fire element, but I also don't think you have enough money to pay four parts of this fairy's value."
Okay, now I'm surprised again. I didn't think of one version of this discussion that Gloria wouldn't get in trouble with me for trying to claim the fairy, even her condition and money and the least she could ask for the fairy.
"Ulric is my poor and without a big family. Yeah, I'm not saying this to offend you, but I don't think you can afford this elemental fairy, these little things are pretty expensive and we don't even know if you're compatible with her, maybe selling her might be better."
"I'm not offended Alice; I don't really have that kind of money available right now to buy the fairy, but we have a little bigger problem to solve right now and we also can't open this glass so I can try to absorb the elemental fairy who might not be compatible with me."
"What problem?"
Before I could explain to Gloria, Hilda interrupted me.
"The smugglers might be after this fairy when they find out she's gone."
"To be precise both groups of smugglers may be after the fairy or if we are lucky the group and smuggler, we attacked will attack our former allies and keep the fairy's existence a secret for a while from our former allies, but either way they will find out they don't have the fairy so the only ones who can have her are us."
"This is bad."
"We're screwed."
"Should we leave now or should we do the missions to avoid being suspicious?"
"That's a good point Zephyr, we try to avoid suspicion by doing the quests or we run to the camp. The problem is that each of these picks has irritating downsides, if we give up the missions our test will suffer, but if we get caught by the smugglers in the desert, we are dead."
"That's a good point, but I think we should go do the missions because if we get out of the desert too quickly the scouts in the city that we have to go to use the matrix to get back to the camp will alert the smugglers of our movement and they can come after us, even if they don't know about the elemental fairy."
"Risky, but I think Hilda is Gloria season right, Ulric. If we go to the city now the smugglers will come after us anyway."
"Okay, now all we need is Zephyr. What do you think we should do?"
"I don't have much of a preference, I think we're screwed on the same level no matter which option we choose."
"Good answer, my opinion is not very different from yours, but as the three ladies want to continue doing the missions. Then we will complete the missions."
"Who will get the crystal egg?"
"I and this chest are probably a little too heavy for Zephyr and the three of you are fighting on the front lines. Of course, I doubt that we will face anything that could damage this glass egg."
"Aren't you going to run away with the little fairy?"
"How would I run away with her? We have the same mount and they all have the wind element."
"Tell that to the smugglers who lost the most valuable item in the smuggling without realizing it, you have a lot of tricks leading, and it's nice when you sweat against our enemies, but we can't let our guard down with you."
Hurt my feelings.
"Okay, but we'd better get to the center of the desert soon. Along the way you can travel with me as much as you like."
And so, we started traveling to the center of the desert and now I'm carrying a chest worth a huge amount of gold coins, not that it changes anything, but having a treasure you can't use is pretty annoying.
Our journey continues without interruption until the sun starts, the sun not only illuminates the sky but it starts to heat up the arid desert we have just entered with a very strong intensity.
"Is it hotter than before or am I imagining things?"
"I'm also feeling it's warmer than last time. I really don't want to go into that desert again."
"The sooner we go to the cave near the center of the desert, the faster we can get out of the Hilda desert."
"Thanks for reminding me of the obvious Alice, but knowing that doesn't change the fact that this whole area is irritating and unpleasant."
"I know you are all excited to enter the desert again, but to improve the situation I have some really cool news. We already have company."
"What company?"
"Magical desert beasts, half a dozen of them in front of us. prepare if we are going to have to kill as many of them as possible or the next few hours will be a race against several waves of magical beasts, Zephyr use your magic without holding back in this combat."
"OK,"
"Attack!"