Reborn; A Slave to the World-Chapter 83: Heart of Nyxoria

We could only wait patiently as Isabel gathered the artifact from the other room since we didn’t want to have any issues. Everyone wants to be able to trust one another so this is the only logical way to go about it for now.

"I’ve got the artifact." Isabel says while peeking out from the room.

I wonder if we even would have been able to find it without her help since she probably didn’t something in there. I doubt they would just leave it out to be easily accessible to anyone.

Isabel comes out from the room with a strange purple orb in her hand, it appears to have a slight glow to it. "Of course it would be a weird orb." Shimada says with a bit of disappointment.

I’m not sure what else it could’ve been since it was bound to be something small that could be hidden. At least that’s what I was thinking from the start about it.

I’d hide something of that size in a place like this as well if I knew that it would be the best place to store it. No one knows what they are looking for either which makes it even easier to hide from thieves.

"This orb containers a hell of a lot of power." Isabel replies with a bit of an annoyed tone to her voice.

"How exactly can someone use it?" Artemis asks to break the tension.

Someone has to ask about how to use the artifact so that we know what to do with it. I’m going to assume that a mage is best suited to use it compared to anyone else. Then again I guess anyone could use it right?

I don’t have much knowledge on how artifacts work just yet so that is something I’d like to learn more about.

"It’s not that complicated but it’s probably best in the hands of the most powerful member of the party." Isabel says while staring directly at Artemis.

I could feel everyone’s eyes glaring towards me as well so it was quite clear that they felt I was the strongest one here. Unless Isabel is referring to herself since we’ve never truly fought against one another.

She burned through a lot of her mana back in the kingdom pretty fast though so I don’t know how strong she is. The artifact could greatly enhance her mana for all we know.

"So does that mean I’ll be taking it?" Artemis questions with a bit of confusion in his voice.

She extends her hand with the orb towards him to hand it over. "Obviously. You can’t leave it to me when everyone is still figuring out if I can be trusted." Isabel responds with a small smile on her face.

Glad everyone seems to be okay with this for now since I don’t want to fight with anyone over the artifact. I didn’t really care who got it amongst the party as long as it could be utilized in our battle.

He takes the orb from her and looks down at it for a few moments. This heart of Nyxoria is resonating quite a lot with me, it’s a weird feeling to describe.

It’s as if the power is starting to enter into my body without me trying to do anything but maybe it’s just a feeling. I’m not sure I understand what’s happening here just yet...

The orb begins to glow brighter as Artemis holds it in his hand, everyone seems to be lost with what to do. "I knew something was special about you after all." Isabel thinks to herself as she watches.

He can feel his heartbeat racing and getting louder as he continues to look directly at the orb. It’s slowly starting to show him something in the distance as he continues to look.

The goddess he’s been seeing in his dreams is slowly beginning to take shape in the distance as flowers bloom.

Why would I be seeing her of all the people it could show me? Don’t tell me that this is connected to her... That wouldn’t make any sense.

Or would it make sense since she hasn’t told me a damn thing about herself, other than the fact that she’s a high ranking goddess. I’ve never once been told something to give me a hint about who she truly is.

Could she be the goddess of death Nyxoria? It wouldn’t be far off with the fact that she gave me the power to return from death.

The woman’s appearance is exactly as he remembers from the dreams, an all black dress, shorty curly black hair, and even the purple eyes. Everything was starting to look a lot like the dreams he’s had or visions, whatever you could call them. frёeωebɳovel.com

"Artemis what do you see?" Amelia asks with a bit of concern in her voice.

I’m not sure I should tell them what I’m seeing right now since we are going against everything with Nyxoria. I also don’t even know if what I’m seeing is real or just some figment of my imagination.

Something I’m seeing because it’s happened so much recently that I can’t avoid seeing it anymore. The goddess has pulled me into conversations with her more and more lately so surely that means something.

"I’m just mesmerized by the light of this orb, it’s quite easy to get lost in." Artemis replies while gripping it a bit tighter.

"Are you sure that’s all it is?" Isabel chimes in with disbelief in her voice.

Everything slowly begins to disappear around him as the beautiful fields of flowers appear around him once more. He can see the goddess sitting at the table in the distance, drinking her tea as usual.

This time she didn’t seem to be too happy with his arrival but it didn’t make a difference at the end of the day. "So Isabel chose to give you the artifact, I can’t say I’m surprised by that." The Woman says with a bit of disappointment in her voice.

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