Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 190: The Fruit

Rex fixated his gaze upward and noticed the dark blue light above grow in size as it approached them.

"It’s coming down!" he excitedly announced.

The blizzard began to clear, allowing them all to see the falling object: a glowing dark blue cone shaped fruit with scale like ice leaves encompassing the top half.

Seeing it in free fall, Sol leaped into the air and used his boots’ [Magical Flight] to catch it before it hit the ground.

The moment his hands held it, he felt a burning pain in his palms.

’It’s freezing!’

Even with his durable body, he feared he would lose his hands if he held it for too long, so he immediately stored it in his spatial ring.

Once safely stored, Sol gently flew back down towards his squad where Duncan had already deactivated his barrier.

Lapis was the first to ask, "Did you get it?"

Sol nodded and pointed to the spatial ring on his right hand, but he noticed something was off. The normally bronze colored ring had become slightly pinkish.

He didn’t know what it meant, and before he could ask, Duncan approached and worriedly looked at the ring.

"This isn’t good... the spatial ring can’t contain the fruit for long."

Sol looked at the ring, slightly worried, and asked, "How long do you reckon it will take?"

"That depends. Did it hurt when you held it?"

He nodded. "It felt like my hands were on fire. I can maybe hold it for a couple of seconds before my hands freeze off."

"Why’d ya call me?"

"The blizzard is gone! Use those eyes of yours to tell me who those people are down there."

Tuklar’s eyes widened in surprise as he looked and saw the blizzard was indeed gone. He then used his skill [Focused Sight], which amplified his vision greatly, allowing him a much better view of the situation.

"Those are... humans!"

"Humans?!"

Even the two playing cards yelled in surprise. They stood up and ran over to see the situation.

"We need to inform the Champion!"

"On it!"

One of the orcs took out a communication gem and activated it. Soon a bored voice was heard from the gem.

"What is it? I told you I would get there tomorrow."

"Champion Kirgar, the blizzard is gone, and a group of humans are there!"

"What?!"

Even Kirgar couldn’t hide his surprise, but a moment later he gave them his orders.

"Inform all the orcs in the area! Do not let them leave these mountains! I will be there soon!"

With that, the communication gem’s light dimmed, indicating the other side of the gem was no longer active. The orcs knew the Champion was now rushing his way over and didn’t call back but instead pulled out other communication gems to inform the other orcs patrolling the mountain.