The Lost Island!
Elias on his 5 Diameter Island drifted amidst the Myriad Islands as he studied them and also tried to see if can pick things from them. But it was all a failure.
The only thing he lack was proper weapons, so he had tried taking rocks from other Islands to his Yellow-orange Sand Island but it was a failure. They all floated back. And when he buried them, his Island refused to leave as if bound by a force.
Today he came across Iron Ingot Island and was tempted to try his luck. He jumped on and attempted to merge his Island with it but both of them rejected each other.
It was just a try but he surely knew that K'eon would not agree. So, he threw some Iron Ingots onto his Island. He sighed as he watched them not landing, but floating, a second later they were returning.
That was when the Chain Chest extended its Chains and grabbed them and then the lid opened and threw them in.
Elias was close and saw the inside. It was a mixture of melted metal together with Corrosive liquid. His body shuddered and he realized that all this time, he was barely lifting the Chain Chest burden.
Seeing the mixture allowed him to pinpoint it with the Wand option to take away every bit of it. And that cost 650 Points.
A whopping 179 litres of a combination of Corrosive Liquid and Melted Metal appeared above his Island.
'Haha. Futile!' The flesh squirmed!
The Purple Metallic Luster Liquid shimmered in the Fog and coalesced into ball size slime.
[Metallic Slime Monster]
~Status: Resident
~Grade 4, level 6
~Mental Fortitude: Pass
~Traits: Metal digestion, Metal manipulation, Metal Corrosion.
[Note: It can absorb Metal and Slimes]
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"It's stronger than me… a Resident?"
Elias observed the Slime and assumed it would attack him but it did not. In fact, it seemed to not be interested in anything. Just bobbing in one place like a water-filled balloon.
[Resident]
[The Beasts, Monsters, Humans and other Life forms that Permanently Reside within your Island]
After asking the Wand he recognized that this Monster was literally his minion. Only if the Curse Flesh was around may it ever attack him.
Elias relaxed and then looked at the Chain Chest, it was different. With the amount of Iron Ingot it fed, it was more vibrant and jumped around, just like how it was behaving before.
That put a smile on his face!
Elias took his time to throw a lot of Iron Ingot to the Chain Chest and it fed on them until it was satisfied!
But, after he returned to his Island, he felt as if something was taken off him by the Iron Ingot Island.
"Did it feed off my Mental Fortitude?"
There was a price for taking the Iron Ingot! But he didn't care, he took it as trading!
From then Elias searched for Metal Islands to feed his Chain Chest. It turns out the Chest appreciates the different tastes of the Metals.
The condescending laugh and Corrosive Liquid of the Cursed Flesh were suppressed by the rigorous development of the Chest. And just like that, the Chain Chest recovered fully!
At one point in time, Elias sat thinking of finishing the Second Trial but catching sight of the Mother Rain Island, he paid his respect and also fetched a lot of water!
Having enough water for weeks, he decided to end the Trial when he glanced at the rainy Island again, this time he remembered the First Island he met. Blue Sky Island.
His Island Fortes are assimilating into each other and it may take time before Plant Support Forte activates, but without a constant Sun, whatever he raised may stagnate!
Thinking in that line, he decided to find the Island, hoping he could have it!
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"These are Neutral Islands! They are quite rare but also a necessity as they allow Islanders to navigate the Fog with clarity!" A man in black was explaining to a pair of Islanders.
One was a tall woman with sharp features. Her long face, thick eyebrows and sharp jawline are capable of putting Giga Chad to shame and with her wide shoulders and strong muscular arms, she is not inferior to any weightlifter back on earth.
She was adorned in a brown leather armless shirt and black leather pants. Her boots were made of scaly hide. Strapped on her back was a Cleaver bigger than the man in black.
Her companion was small in comparison but he has ten short blades at his hip, chest and back. His sharp features warned that he has been in a life and death situation numerous times.
"Master, he is on his way here?" A lean figure in black whispered to the man that was conversing with the duo
"Who?" The man in black asked with irritation.
"The... Skeletal Man!"
'Shit! Why am I destined to always bump into him?!' The man cursed inward. As he thought things through, his instinct told him, never to meet the man!
"Ahm, my guests. I think we should leave!" Without waiting for them to answer, Lami, the new Master, returned to his Island and drove it away.
The two had heard the whispers because of their developed senses, but they didn't feel the need to move but then — they felt a chill crawling under their skin!
They broke in sweat and drove to their Island fast, hiding behind an Island with bulky boulders.
Elias reached the place with a smile. Happy that the Island he had marked still existed all this time without being merged by anyone.
He might have not met anyone but he knew Islanders come and go.
Getting close he identified the Night and Blue sky Island amidst five Islands that stick to each other.
"Can I merge with them?"
[Mission accomplished]
"Is that a way to tell me I shouldn't?!"
Not just the Wand, even his Island was reluctant to. But it has been keeping silent.
Elias still decided to look into it. He jumped over the Night Sky Island and slight repulsion assaulted him. As if it belongs to another Islander. He shook his head and jumped on the Blue Sky Island, and… its repulsion was stronger!
"I'm sorry. You see, I lingered around without leaving because of you. Hope you forgive me!" As if convincing a lady to like him, Elias kept babbling.
Behind a boulder Island, four figures were watching with wonder. The female brute in particular was irritated seeing that she ran away from a fragile scrawny human with barely any muscles.
Maybe that chill she felt wasn't from him?
But she still held herself from assaulting him as she listened to the Mysterious Leader of the Black Mantra, Lami, frowning and mumbling, "This guy is greedy!"
Perhaps the convincing failed, Elias jumped to the next Island and to his surprise it was another Night Island. And there was no repulsion from it.
Elias' eyes raised with surprise, "Oh, baby, you are very young!"
Being integrated with his Island for years bestowed him with a rudimentary Unique Perception of Islands!
[Night Sky]
[Make the sky visible at the Night]
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With a thought, he discerned he could move the Island. To check the rest, Elias jumped on the fourth Island and he was shocked by his Wand.
[Side Mission 1]
~Aquare this Island at all costs!!
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There was no reward. And when Elias checked the Island information, he didn't see anything useful about it.
[Lost Island]
[The Island That Lost In The Fog!]
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"That's it?" But then he noticed the Fog was thinning and he could see a little bit of the blue sky.
"I will take these two!"
Then he jumped on to the last one!
[Neutral Island]
[An island that is on Transition to Night Sky Island or Blue Sky Island]
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"I see, in a way, the Night and Blue Island were given birth to offspring in this way!"
Elias made up his mind. He went back into the baby Night Sky and sat down. With his experience, he grasped it and drove it to merge with the Lost Island, and then he put one of his legs on the Neutral Island, making the three merge at the same time.
His Island also drove and touched the Lost Island from the other side!
That made the four Islands merge simultaneously. The plan was to force his Island to accept the other two. As it only craves Lost Island but that Island was attached with two more. In that way, his Island has no choice but to take them in.
Making Elias work easier!
"Is that possible!?" The masculine woman asked.
"Yes, for him!"
Merging multiple Islands at the same time — was unheard of for her. But the members of Black Mantra have met their fair share of Incredible People with Exceptional Feats.
After finishing the merge, Elias jumped to Night Sky Island and Blue Sky Island and spent one hour on each, feeding them his Mental Fortitude. That was to appease them for taking the Neutral Island and by doing so their repulsion reduced drastically!
After that, Elias confirmed the End Of The Mission. Then, the Fog obscured him and his Island and when it vanished, he and his island were no longer there!
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End Of Second Arc: Second Trial Myriad Island!