880 Man of His Words!
Jacob moved towards the sealed doors in the corridors of the underground palace. Elia followed him closely and looked around carefully at her surroundings.
But after the curse on the valley was lifted, the previously sealed doors were raised to dust, and when Jacob scanned inside, there was nothing but decaying ash or broken and corroded items.
Jacob knew that this was the aftermath of the curse. Even if there were some valuables hidden in this place, they were deeply contaminated with the curse and death energy, so once the curse was gone, they were destroyed.
The only things that could've remained intact were those on the level of the Legendary King Rank, but since Jacob discovered that the Throne of Death had storage space, he guessed that the Cursed Necromancer King would've been keeping such items with him.
Furthermore, since there weren't any consumables or materials in the death space, Jacob mused that the Cursed Necromancer King had probably used everything else, especially when he thought about how many formations and that altar the Cursed Necromancer King was creating would've cost him.
So, after going through a few rooms, Jacob lost interest and said to Elia, "It seemed we've already gotten everything valuable in his place. Let's be on our way."
Elia was surprised by Jacob's decision, but she had personally witnessed the palace's current state, so there wasn't any need for them to waste more time here, especially with enemies coming there.
But Elia showed a hint of hesitation and said, "Teacher, what about the brocade bell?"
Jacob halted his action to summon the shuttle and looked at Elia impassively. He knew what brocade bell she was talking about. Before he went to absorb the curse, the Cursed Necromancer King had told him about his daughter's favorite toy and told him to bury it if he found it.
"If that bell really existed, it should've been turned into ashes by now, just like everything else. I understand you are grateful to him since he gave you the throne of death and legendary vestige.
"But he was dead either way. Even if he hadn't given you the throne of death, it would still be an unclimbed item, and since it was suitable for you, it would still have ended up with you.
"Since I get rid of this curse and let him rest in peace, I owe him nothing more, and neither do you. I'm not saying to you that empathy and compassion are wrong, but do not misplace them, or they can be used against you."
Jacob coldly said, "Still, since I gave him my words and he didn't play any tricks, I'll bury this entire place. It'll be the same thing either way."
Elia listened seriously to Jacob's teaching before she smiled when she heard the last part. She was very content with Jacob's arrangements and thought Jacob, despite his cold personality, was still kind enough to keep his word. But she was curious about how he was going to do it before her expression changed.
At this moment, with a thought, a shuttle appeared in front of Jacob. It started to grow in size until it was twenty meters in diameter, and the door was open. It was Elia's first time seeing the Space Travesty Shuttle, and she felt this shuttle might be as powerful as the throne of death.
Jacob then looked at Elia, took out a meter-long cylinder, and handed it to her. Elia curiously accepted it and closely looked at the small emerald cylinder filled with glowing translucent liquid and a protruding ring on top of it. She didn't know what it was, and it appeared very ordinary without any traces of magic.
"This is an atomic bullet shell filled with a cocktail of nuclear matter. Just press the ring on it and throw it away, and this entire underground palace will be crumbled down with half of the city.
"This concludes my promise with the Cursed Necromancer King. You can do it yourself since you wanted to repay the kindness." Jacob dismissively explained before he started walking towards the ship's entrance under Elia's dumbfounded expression.
She was clearly in disbelief about the might of this tiny item, which didn't have any trace of magic, but she still believed Jacob's words, and he had no reason to doubt him.
Jacob's voice rang again just as he entered the cockpit, "Oh, and let me remind you, once you press the ring, you'll only have 10 seconds before it goes off. So, hurry inside, or you'll be exploded into bits and buried here with everything else."
Elia's face paled when she heard this, and her hand, which was holding the bullet shell, trembled; she no longer dared to take this task lightly and was afraid this strange thing would kill her.
So, she carefully examined the protruding ring before pressing her finger on it. The ring instantly sank into the shell, and she instantly noticed that the liquid inside started to churn, and the cylinder started to heat up.
Elia didn't dare to observe anymore, and she quickly threw the bullet shell in the corridor and ran inside the shutter; her actions were extremely comical.
Jacob's eyes flashed with amusement when he saw Elia's actions. He had just inserted the soul totem of the Cursed Necromancer King into the shutter's fuel slot.
"Take flight!" Jacob casually ordered while he controlled the direction of the shutter. Elia's face became paler with every second, as she was afraid of getting caught in the destruction, but she didn't dare urge Jacob.
The shutter was now powered by a peak Legendary King Soul Totem and no longer took Jacob's soul force which Jacob had complete control over it without feeling the soul force in his soul getting sucked away constantly.
The shuttle instantly lifted off and vanished into the entrance of the underground palace, turning invisible. But Jacob wasn't in a hurry to leave, as he stopped the shutter extremely high in the sky, and the city below was now like a tiny dot.
Elia's eyes were filled with awe when they experienced how fast this shutter was, and they reached so high in the sky in a matter of two seconds.
Jacob suddenly said, "It's about time. Now, witness the power of technology. This will also be a lesson for you never to underestimate anyone because you can never tell what kind of trump card your opponent is hiding.
"After all, that bullet shell can kill Quasi-Legends, and even a mortal child can activate it…."
Just as Jacob's voice trailed off, a powerful tremor suddenly ran through the city ruins below before a blinding white dot suddenly expanded in the center of the second, and the next moment, a thunderous boom rang!