When the two got back .. they found that the hard soil in the village had turned soft and transformed into loamy soil ..
the soil itself looked so lively that it glowed with a holy brown light that sprouted instant plants ...
wherever the plants sprouted the soil beneath gleamed even more bright .. but this time it emitted a light yellow goldish holy light ...
Theo looked underneath his feet and found that... the light had spread throughout the entire village ...
and from their heightened senses .. they could hear some water running from the village's chief's side of the village ...
Theo then walked slowly as he looked around inside the village ...
after returning in so much little time something like this happened ..
although they weren't surprised nor were they shocked .. it was just too hard to comprehend ...
Theo had concluded that from the time they left the pond ... the water flowed through a secret route and went into the village ..
and he never even imagined it to be ordinary water .. to him the water must've been some type of miracle water ...
after walking around the village .. the two came in view .. with the chief standing on the platform .. the villagers looked quite ecstatic and very excited ...
some of them had even started to shed tears .. amongst those were women ..
the chief looked towards their way and smiled .. "My people ... our tragedy has been fixed by these two nobles ... please offer your respects to them .." the chief then bowed down deeply in respect towards captain Rose and Theo ...
"I the leader of Rock Village .. thank you for offering us such help ... our village has been born again ... our crops will grow forever in the holy light ... I am thankful on the behalf of my people and the past leaders ... " after the leader kowtowed .. the other villagers followed behind his actions ... and bowed down and offered their gratitude towards the two nobles ..
'First Mission: Help the villagers in Rock Village to plant crops enough to last an entire year - completed
Reward - 5 pecuniary'
a notification rang inside both of their heads ...
"It's okay chief ... " Theo replied as he picked the leader up by his shoulders ...
"No need to be polite with me ... let me reward you just like I promised ... " the chief smiled as he led them back inside his hut ...
after walking inside they saw the giant cauldron from before ..
Theo brought captain Rose down to her feet and stared at the chief as he opened the lid ..
with just an inch lifted ... a strong scent of holiness and something sweet permeated the air surrounding them ..
and unlike before ... the roots of the plants .. had now received some type of baptism ..
their leaves and flowers ... we're shining in a holy white light ..
"Chief Abir .. how did the water come here so quickly ..??" captain Rose inquired ..
the chief turned and looked at Rose ..
"There is an invisible spell cast that is connected to this village and the forest around us ... when a stream of water goes past the walls .. it vanishes inside the soil .. although it might look like ordinary water .. it actually isn't ... we call it .. the Silver Life Stream ... "
chief continued and said .. "Plants that had grown through the support of the Silver Life Stream water .. grow with holy power and abundant life ... we could've fetched some water from many bases .. but the thing is .. our land .. doesn't match with ordinary water ... it needs the Silver Life Stream water ... and whenever we forced the soil to absorb ordinary water .. it would even make things more worse ... "
Rose nodded before gazing at the magnificent plants inside the black cauldron ...
just inhaling the scent made her body fill with so much energy ..
"So .. what has caused such a tragedy ... ??" chief Abir asked ..
"To be honest .. I've been trying to get even the slightest clue of what caused it as well ... " Theo then thought of something ...
"But then ... when I followed a trail into the forest ... there was a hole .. that must be the supposed cause of the water problem ... and the hole was dug up by a silver snake ..." before he continued .. the chief widened his eyes shocked ..
"Wait .. did you say a silver snake ..?!" the chief asked with seriousness spread across his face ...
"Uhm yes ... it had small hind legs and claws for the front legs .. ..."
"That must be the Silver Stream Devourer ... that makes sense .." chief Abir muttered with his index finger scratching his chin ..
"Imperial Silver Snake .. is that what you're trying to say ..?" chief Abir glanced at Theo and sighed ..
"Many call it like you do ... but our people refer to the term Silver Stream Devourer .. tell me .. how big was it ..??" he then asked ..
"It was large like the hole it dug up .. probably around 5 metres in width ... as long as 12 metres ... " Theo answered looking at the chief ..
"Hmm ... Silver Stream Devourers usually never grow up that much .. until they drink up the core of the Silver Life Stream .. that means .. the one that you met was only a youngling that had just hatched .. they're just dumb little worms when just hatched .. so it must've been the Silver Stream Devourer .. and judging by the size .. it didn't eat the core .. it just swallowed it and used it to reinforce it's power .." the chief closed his eyes and then suddenly ... a laugh escaped his lips ...
it was a laugh of joy and relief ...
"It is all thanks to you that we have regained our former lands .. allow me to reward you ..." the chief. said with a smile as his hand dug through the plants inside the cauldron .. and his other hand dug into the treasury that lay on the ground ..
Theo frowned and looked at captain Rose and the chief ...
the lady noticed the frown ... and her head dropped ...
a smile blossomed on her face .. she then raised her head and poked the chief ..
"Your eminence ... I thank you for your kindness .. but u fortunately we cannot take home your safely kept treasures and holy plants ... it would be rather audacious for us to take advantage of you ... helping you was an honour ... " the frown on Theo's face then lessened as he glanced at the captain ...
sigh ...
"Hahahaha ~ .. if it is so ... then allow me to give you something coming from my own treasury and hard work ... and I will take no buts .. if I don't reward you .. I will be ashamed of myself ..." chef Abir suddenly snapped his fingers ...
a red small box appeared in his hands ... with a brown fruit on top
..
"This .. is ..??" Theo raised an eyebrow ..
"Try ... them and find out yourselves .." the chief said smilingly ..
captain Rose looked at Theo and nodded her head ..
the latter took the fruit and bit into it ...
some brown juice poured into his mouth and the entire fruit melted into the juice and went down his throat ...
...
an energy sensation surged inside of him ... and filled him with energy to the brim ...
he then suddenly realised that the fruit had the same energy he had obtained from the Minotaur the other day ..
his veins bulged as the power surged in through inside of them ...
his eyes .. brains .. flesh .. and bones .. were instantly infused with this brown energy that enhanced his strength greatly ...
he even felt it in his bones that something strong was happening inside of him ..
and from using his superior senses .. he could see that his flesh .. veins and everything that had stuck on his bones ... had become loose ...
they left the bones vicinity ... like running away from a plague ..
and from the spaces created by the distance the muscles and veins .. dwelled the brown energy .... that suddenly flowed with a tint of red ... like tiny blood clots ..
the clots merged with his bones .. dying them red and brown ...
he felt the toughness and rigidity .... and more power flowed inside his muscles .. and his flesh .. making his vitality higher and stronger than most soldiers .. and probably captains ..
his soft skin suddenly became tanned because of the brown energy ...
after what felt like an eternity to the three ... the energy suddenly vanished altogether .. inside of Theo ...
he locked his hands into fists and opened them again feeling the strength in him like thunder roaring ..
"This .. " before he could finish the chief approached him .. "From afar I could sense that you had the same energy flow like mine ... albeit only a weaker version .. so I found the best thing to improve you ... that is the red metal fruit ... it's from the earth element fruit ... I figured that you had doubts on whether was the brown energy was earth element or another element that was based on strength ... so I somewhat had to prove it to you .. .. haha ... inside that box is something that can help you again ... and for you .. .." chief Abir retrieved something from his chest ...
a flower covered in fire ... red hot pure fire ..
from Theo's view .. and senses .. he could see and feel that .. the pure flower had a powerful fire element .. even powerful than what Head Soldier Phoenix .. had used ..
infact he even felt that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to consider the fire element better than all the fire elements he had seen being used inside the military base ...
"That is ..!!"