Everyone's' face went death pale.
At the same time, Azolla spoke seriously in Abium's mind,
'This is Chaos mark, and it acts like curse magic. When dying, most demons and devils use these types of spells to let their kin take revenge for them. I think this goblin placed this spell in this box to seek revenge on whoever gets the artifact hidden inside.' Abium got startled as he heard those words.
He didn't expect that a single goblin would pull this much future trouble for him.
'That means we will become the true nemesis of goblins from now on.' Abium muttered to himself and quickly shook his head.
'It doesn't matter. Even if the goblins come at me in hundreds, I can handle them independently.' Abium thought while glancing at others and smiled,
'And I don't think they will go on an adventure to any goblin plane anyway.'
With a heavy sigh, he looked inside the box and noticed a book was placed inside. But then he frowned as he saw multiple cards with different symbols drawn on the book cover. Although he tried to inspect it using Azolla's scanning function, he couldn't scan it.
'A strange divine power is blocking the scan function.' Azolla informed in his mind.
Meanwhile, Abium narrowed his eyes briefly and gave the mysterious card book to Fennelis.
"Lady Fennelis, mark your spiritual imprint on this book."
Hearing Abium's words, everyone was surprised. Edith and Kate looked at Fennelis with envy. As for Cedric, he wore a bitter smile and shook his head helplessly as if he was arguing with the Dark God's consciousness inside his mind.
Meanwhile, Fennelis looked at her daughter first, then at her husband, and finally imprinted her spiritual power in it. The next instant, a row of information appeared inside her mind.
[The Book of Mystic Cards:
This book has 12 blank cards. If you use a blank card on others, you can get one random magic spell from them.
Restriction: The number of blank cards one can use depend on the bookholder's spirit power.
The current number of blank cards you can use: 2]
A look of puzzlement surfaced on her face as she read the short information.
The next instant, she opened the book and looked inside.
As she had expected, only one blank rectangular card was placed on the first page. She quickly flipped to the next page and noticed another blank card attached to it.
'So how should I use it?'
She thought for a moment and took one blank card from the book. After that, she glanced around everyone and soon locked her eyes on Abium.
Simultaneously, she flung the card upward skillfully.
Meanwhile, the card flew in a circle while spinning continuously and returned towards Fennelis like a boomerang. But just before it arrived near her, the mysterious blank card moved slightly and appeared right in front of Abium's forehead. A second later, the card entered his head and reappeared in Fennelis's hand.
It was not a blank card anymore!
The card appeared red and had crimson wings symbol painted on it.
A heartbeat later, Fennelis curled her lips upwards and smiled as she read another row of information that appeared in her mind.
[Card of Red Wings:
You can now use this card to cast the unique 'War Angels' Wings spell.
Total number of usage: 0/5
Cooldown: 1 hour]
'This is a priceless treasure!' Her eyes widened.
After placing the card inside, she closed the book and stored it inside her spatial ring.
After that, she turned her head towards Abium and thanked him.
"I'm grateful for this gift, Abium."
"No need to thank me, My Lady. Anyway, we are leaving this place." Waving his hand, Abium said calmly and turned around towards the temple exit. Although he didn't find any clue about that mysterious book, he knew it was a real treasure.
Alas, he didn't mind giving it to Fennelis.
'It's more like an investment. As long as I owe that trickster goddess a favor by helping Umi, it's more than enough.'
He also gave the empty adamantine box and the sheet to Fennelis and started walking toward the exit.
A few minutes later, the group safely walked out of the 'Temple of Dark God' and stopped at the entrance.
At that moment, Edith and Rizz had already begun discussing how to get that 'Death Cane.'
But there was a different thought that arose in Abium's mind.
He silently walked a few meters away from the group and pondered how to eliminate Bishop Piers and Snake Demon Susur.
'It's time for the main show.' Abium drew a deep breath and quickly took a communication ring from his spatial ring. Then, he activated the ring and connected it to Rilos using unique rune passcode. A few seconds later, a rough yet cold voice came from the other side,
"Greetings, Mr. Red Angel. I thought you forgot about our cooperation."
"Haha, of course I wouldn't, Mr. Rilos. I have already found the location of the 'Death Cane.' It's in the Fifth layer of this dungeon. But it is guarded by a Beginner third-tier Nightmare Shadow magical beast. So, here is the plan." Abium stopped for a second and began to talk.
Both silently discussed for a few minutes and finally formed a small plan.
After ending the call, Abium put the ring in his left hand instead of storing it and walked back to the group.
"Why are you acting weirdly, Brother Abium?" Umi straightened her fox ears and asked as she saw him walking back to the group. Others also gave him a questionable look.
Meanwhile, Abium silently walked in front of Umi, bent down a bit, and asked a question instead of replying,
"Umi, what would happen if we fought head-on against a third-tier magical beast?"
Umi got puzzled a bit but soon replied quietly.
"We can gang up together and kill it."
Upon hearing her words, Abium shook his head and began to talk,
"No, Umi. We all will die within a few seconds. The first lesson is- You should never look down on the magical beasts, even if they are first-tier beasts. Unlike monsters, these beasts have high intelligence and rarely come out of their territory. This beginner third-tier Nightmare Shadow must have at least one third-tier bloodline spell and five second-tier bloodline spells. It can kill multiple normal second-tier mages without any difficulty. So the chance of defeating a third-tier magical beast using our strength is almost zero. Now, we have only two options." Abium paused for a moment and continued smiling while looking meaningfully at Edith.