Terraria: Cruel World Legends

……

Elias, in the form of an ice sculpture, was placed on the bed in Xiyao's bedroom. At this moment, Yongdong was concentrating on absorbing the cold air from Elias' body... After a minute of absorption, a lot of cold air had been absorbed, and the ice layer on Elias' body turned into cold air at a speed visible to the naked eye, and condensed in Yongdong's hands.

"I must make it clear that it is not difficult to break the frozen state, and there are no disadvantages. The difficult part is... after breaking the state, he is still alive." Yongdong said, and the speed of absorbing cold air increased slightly.

"Since there are no disadvantages, try to save him if you can. Just do your best." Xi Yao responded to Yongdong, while carefully looking at Elias's whole body.

...Now, the return of Hanyuan Mine has unlocked the items in the Hanyuan Ingot series, and the Daedalus Battle Armor is no longer impossible for Xiyao...

But... looking at the Daedalus armor on Elias... and recalling the holy golden wings he had seen before... Xi Yao just felt confused. How could a ranger who travels all over the world have such equipment?

The Daedalus armor is still normal... but the pair of holy golden wings with terrifying mobility don't seem like something that a young ranger like this can get... Could it be that... this guy has some backer?

...But if someone really gave him these things, just looking at the holy golden wings would dispel this idea. After all, with such terrifying mobility...the giver who can give it to others should give the recipient stronger weapons and equipment...

However, Elias was only wearing a set of Daedalus armor, and his weapon was not of high quality.

...While Xi Yao was thinking, Yongdong had just absorbed all the cold air. After crushing the cold core in the palm of his hand, Yongdong completely absorbed the dissipated ice energy and turned it into his own power.

Yongdong let out a long sigh: "Okay, the child's frozen state has been released... But to be honest, if he can survive, I will have to study ice and snow magic all over again." Yongdong said.

After all... Xiyao, a god-created creature, can unfreeze himself from eternal freezing without leaving any residue. Eternal freezing is still tolerable. After all, no matter how powerful the magic is, it cannot compete with the power of the soul...

But, if a normal, or "ordinary" person like Elias could survive after being frozen in the eternal freezing that he was studying, then he really had to learn ice and snow magic all over again, starting from the most basic...

Yongdong thought about it and shook his head, then tentatively placed two fingers on Elias's right wrist... He closed his eyes and carefully felt whether the tissue destroyed by the ice and snow could recover...

But at this time, Yongdong suddenly discovered that Elias actually still had a pulse! Although it was very weak, it showed that the frozen tissue was not frozen to death and was still functioning!

Yongdong looked at Elias in astonishment, and immediately stretched out his finger to lightly touch the latter's forehead... and sensed it again... After just a few seconds, Yongdong withdrew his hand and looked at Xiyao solemnly.

"This child... do you know any other information about him?"

"He claims to be a knight who travels all over the world. His tactical profession is a shooter, and... he seems to have a side job as a businessman selling intelligence information..."

Yongdong shook his head: "No, I mean my background and stuff."

Xiyao shook his head. Of course he didn’t know these things… Seeing this, Yongdong sighed:

"Today is so wonderful... Not only did I gain my freedom, but I also saw God's creation... and..." Yongdong suddenly paused.

"What?" Xi Yao was also very curious about some things about Elias, a person who was not very familiar to him.

“…【Golden Source Soul】…” After a moment of silence, Yongdong uttered three words, and then put his fingers close to it to sense it carefully.

"Golden Source Soul..." Xi Yao savored these three words carefully... and suddenly remembered the introduction about [Golden Source Soul] that he saw on the last few pages of the Book of Terra...

Isn't the Golden Source Soul a unique power of the Golden Source Dragons? Although humans can obtain this power by killing and absorbing the dragon soul, the Golden Source Dragon clan is almost extinct now. So, where did Elias get his Golden Source Soul?

"No... No, No..." After retracting his hand, Yongdong suddenly muttered to himself, his expression becoming more solemn:

“This… is almost completely pure Golden Source Soul power… There is not a single bit of divine power mixed in when it was given by a god… Therefore, his Golden Source Soul cannot be given by a god… Could it be… that he absorbed the dragon soul?”

"Isn't the Golden Source Dragon almost extinct?" Xi Yao asked.

"You said almost. I have only seen a living golden dragon, and it was loyal to a human."

"So... did this guy really absorb the dragon soul? And kill the giant golden dragon?"

Yongdong shook his head: "Impossible, the strength of that golden dragon is beyond that of a demigod, and it is inseparable from its master... How can this guy kill it?

Besides, the gold source spirit in his body is very weak, and he can only transform the gold source energy into wings to improve mobility... It is impossible that this is the result of absorbing the dragon soul..."

"The golden energy has transformed into wings... Could it be..." At this moment, Xi Yao remembered Elias's pair of holy golden wings with terrifying mobility...

You know, the wings are brilliant in color, the golden feathers are sharp and angular, and they also emit a faint sacred golden light... People who see it will not believe that it really exists, but will think it is an illusion...

Combined with what Yongdong said... it turns out... that pair of wings are indeed not physical, but are formed by Elias using his own golden source soul energy?

"So... what is going on?" Xi Yao said, glancing at Elias... and was surprised to find that this... this guy actually had slight chest rise and fall, which meant he was breathing!

Yongdong didn't react much. After taking a look, he continued, "But... I not only sensed the Golden Source Soul from his soul... I even... barely sensed that every cell in his body had a trace of the almost non-existent Golden Source Soul... This is enough to show that his Golden Source Soul is [congenital]... Child, do you know what this means?"

"Could it be that this guy... has the blood of the Golden Dragon?"

"...More or less...I remember there seemed to be a family on the Terra continent...that family...had the blood of the Golden Dragon flowing in their veins."

"Can you tell me from the beginning?"

"...I vaguely remember...that family has a very ancient history, but the blood of the Golden Dragon only flowed in in the last few hundred years...

It seems that... the clan leader at that time married a human who was transformed from a giant golden dragon... Since then, the clan leader's descendants have possessed the blood of the giant golden dragon...

...But I remember that the blood of that family disappeared a hundred years ago, which means that the family now does not have the blood of the Golden Dragon...As far as the outside world knows, this ordinary situation has continued for eight generations of their family, and it is almost impossible for the phenomenon of [reversion] to occur again...So...it is really hard to imagine the source of this child's Golden Dragon soul...

...In short, this child could not possibly have obtained the power from the gods. After all, such pure golden soul could not possibly be given by the gods.

In addition, it is impossible to absorb the dragon soul...either the process of seizing or absorbing it is completely impossible;

Finally, it is unlikely that he is from the family I mentioned, and the reasons have been mentioned... Never mind, kid, there is no practical significance in persisting in exploring the source of the Golden Source Soul.

If possible, it would make sense to try to get him to join your team. Although the Golden Soul is not as powerful as your Divine Soul, it is also a special ability that can play a key role in battle."

"...Is that so... Then, what are your requirements for living on the polar surface?"

"Residence...requirements...Oh, you really have to satisfy me...Well, if possible, I hope it can be a tower, which will help me practice...

Besides, kid, you can just call me Everfrozen. After all... I can't bear to be called "you" by a creature created by God... Anyway, I have to thank you for being willing to take in a down-and-out person like me.

Besides, I have already found a hotel here, so I will take my leave now." After saying goodbye to Xiyao, Yongdong left the house.

After watching Yongdong leave, Xiyao turned his head to look at Elias lying on the bed. At this moment, his chest was gradually rising and falling normally... He didn't look like he was frozen just now...

...being able to survive after being completely frozen...is this the power of the Golden Source Soul?

Thinking about it, Xi Yao was not sure if he would be able to survive like this guy if he was frozen, relying on his soul that was about to reach its limit...