Chapter 1930: Offering Herself
Nathan’s expression turned solemn. "In that case, I do have something that you may feel interested in."
"Sure. We’ll see about that." Catalith nodded calmly, wondering what Nathan had to offer.
"The technique is called Spirit Circle. It’s a method that allows you to circulate your energy and condense that energy into a system called Spirit Circles.
"There will be a total of ten circles, with each circle being able to contain one technique. For example, you can put a certain transmutation in one circle and another technique on another circle.
"Not only will it help with the circulation of your energy, it will also help with your current method of getting stronger."
"Our current method? What are you talking about?" Catalith frowned. She had heard the first part. If she had to be honest, she would say this Spirit Circle was quite interesting.
However, the moment she heard the second part, she instantly dropped her jaw.
"I’m talking about the fact that this technique can allow you to get energy faster. In other words, the progress for you to reach saint or god level will be faster."
"!!!"
Catalith had never heard of a technique that could speed things up. The elves had two gods. It already made them one of the most respected races, other than the dragon race.
If they could actually speed up in increasing their strength, it might change everything. They might become the leading race in this world.
Nathan knew this technique was surprising enough. Fortunately, she didn’t know about the Divine Seal that might amplify the power of their transmutation. That kind of transmutation might allow them to have an easier time transmuting their body to a divine body.
That was why this method would be more important, considering it would help the creation of saints and gods.
At the very least, the human race was the only one that had this technique. As long as they didn’t say anything, they could quietly produce human gods.
Catalith gasped. She finally realized the reason Nathan gave that warning. This was indeed an offer that she couldn’t easily accept. It wasn’t because she didn’t dare to accept it, but because she wondered what she had that could be used to exchange this.
Catalith scratched the back of her head.
"I finally understand now." She sighed helplessly. "You want me to think of a way to exchange this from you? Though, I need to confirm first whether this technique is exactly as you claim."
"Sure." Nathan nodded. "I will just give you the summary of this technique."
"Very careful." Catalith received the paper and read it carefully. It was a summary about what the technique was supposed to do without showing the core technique that would allow them to succeed. This way, she could see whether it was a technique they could use without being able to reverse-engineer it.
"..." Catalith looked up, simulating everything stated in this paper. She let out a long sigh soon. "As you said, this technique can definitely work that way."
Catalith found another problem. She didn’t have exactly anything that could pay for the exchange.
Catalith crossed her arms, carefully recalling everything she had.
"Say..." Catalith looked Nathan in the eye. "Do you perhaps accept someone like... me?"
Nathan widened his eyes in shock, his jaw slightly dropping.
"Pfft!" Anubis was laughing so hard, while Xolotl facepalmed before shaking his head helplessly.
Garuda let out a long sigh. "And here we go again."
Catalith was confused by their reactions. She simply said, "Well, you know? It’s hard to find an intelligent man like you. Talking to you feels so much fun. At least you will understand what I’m talking about.
"I can see that you’re not a researcher like me, or your reaction will be different, but even if you are not, you will still try to understand it.
"Besides, I don’t exactly have any prejudice regarding humans from another world. If you become a god, the age difference is basically something you can ignore since our lifespans will be similar.
"And with this, you can also ask for my help to defeat the black cell or die trying." Catalith shrugged.
Nathan took a deep breath and said, "I—"
"Master, am I supposed to notify this to them?" Machina asked.
"Them?" Catalith tilted her head in confusion.
"Don’t make things worse, Machina." Nathan sighed and rejected her. "I’m sorry, but I already have a wife."
"Figured. That’s the same reason why the human race has the most population in this world despite not being too strong right now." Catalith nodded in understanding.
"No, no. That’s not what I mean. I’m just saying that my wives will kill me first, then kill you, then kill themselves because of this."
"..."
"I already promised them not to take any more wives, so yeah." Nathan shook his head.
"I see..." Catalith looked down. "This is the first time I’ve been rejected. People used to say that if I want anyone, I’m just supposed to ask. Well..."
"Sorry."
"No, no. You’re not in the wrong. It’s just something I feel for the first time... It’s quite complex." Catalith shook her head furiously, trying to regain her composure. "Well, if not that, what should I offer now?"
"I can give you some discount..."
"No need. I think I have something I can give you." Catalith waved her hand, gesturing for them to follow her.
She led them to a deeper level, which turned out to be her own personal storage. There were a lot of items inside, so the energy in this room was extremely rich.
Catalith stopped in front of a massive eye. The eye was bigger than his entire body. It had a sharp pupil, making it look similar to Nidhogg’s eye, but the pupil was red.
"Back then, I helped the Red Dragon God who almost died. Because of his injury, he offered a lot of things because I saved him, including his right eye.
"I am thinking about transmuting this eye to become your third eye. This is the only payment I can think of."