Kaye checked on her soldiers, making sure they both were safe. Her eyes turned back to Nathan, seeing him working on helping Kai, who seemed to also be out of harm's way at this point.
"Nathan, what did you find downstairs?"
Nathan finished checking on Kai. It seemed she only suffered some light blunt force that had stunned her for a moment. He looked over to Kaye as he walked to the centre of the room.
"Nothing but a maintenance area. It's an area where you can check on the water levels from below and then make adjustments from above."
Kaye felt her mood drop, as she knew that the only drinkable water was down in the reservoir. She had no way of getting to that water without climbing equipment or any other sort of magic. This was not how she wanted their expedition to end. Coming back with buckets of water was much more impressive than nothing but future hope.
Kaye looked at him with false hope, smiling as she shook her head, realizing she had sent the man into a potentially dangerous area alone due to her need for petty revenge.
"I'm sorry, Nathan, I should have sent someone downstairs with you. It was because of petty anger I had against you. Please forgive me."
She bowed her head, ditching her pride to apologize.
Nathan stared at Kaye with surprise on his face, smiling as he felt warm inside. He was unsure as to what had caused the woman to abandon her pride. Maybe the close encounter with death had something to do with it. Perhaps it was his response that helped after he defeated the elemental.
"Thank you, Kaye, please don't look so hopeless."
Nathan moved into the centre of the room, his hands stretching outwards as he started to pull the pools filled with mana towards himself. Four tendrils of water pulled out and quickly moved towards Nathan, forming a water orb in front of him.
System: It seems you are trying to create an Orb of Water.
System: Orbs of water provide endless sources of water depending on the amount of power. Either mana or celestial power may power it, the latter being much more potent for providing a source of energy.
System: To continue operation, there will be two costs: An upfront cost of Faith, and an ongoing cost of Dominion to supply the orb continuously.
System: Cost 1400 Faith points and three ongoing Dominion points.
System: Accept or Deny?
Nathan looked at the cost and felt his entire body shudder. His anger rose at the ridiculous prices, but he needed this item to move forward, otherwise he would have many other issues.
'Bastard system, taking all my money. You bloody monopoly, getting away with taking it all!' he thought, as he hit the accept button. The orb turned into a bright blue object.
Unlike the previous orb, this one was three times the size, the colour a brilliant ocean blue that shone bright. It gave the brilliance of an item created by the gods.
Nathan released the orb to the centre of the room, letting it hang in the air as it glowed a bright blue that seemed to cascade over the entire room in waves.
Nathan looked around the area, noticing two large funnels on the left and right side. He assumed this was the location to funnel the water directly. Nodding his head as he focused his power into the orb again, activating it, he felt the power surge inside the structure.
A few moments passed with nothing happening, a frown starting to appear on his face as he waited for the damn thing to activate.
'Hey, if this does not work, can I have a refund?'
System: No
He was wondering who was in charge, the system or him. He dared not think about the answer as the room started to shake, the rumbling causing everyone to gasp as small drops of water began to leak from it.
"Is that all? Come on!"
His hand moved up to the orb, smacking against it as the pressure was released all at once. Torrents of water stronger than several firehouses were at once unleashed as two streams extended from the orb, flying towards the aqueducts on the sides of the room.
Stepping back, he smiled at Kai who was standing at his side, apparently happy that he finally managed to get this stupid system to work.
"Let's head back. We have some work to finish off. Gosh, this was a fun little mini-adventure."
He turned around, noticing the three soldiers standing in total stunned silence.
Kaye was the most shocked. She had insulted this man many times! She had tried to contest herself against a Demigod! She was the biggest idiot on the entire planet right now.
Wait, she had even insulted that Demigod... Not once, but many times.
She was dead. Worse than dead, she might as well sign her entire life away.
The Demigod who managed to slay someone from a distance that no standard bow could reach, a range that was almost impossible even to see. This was the man that was powerful enough to cause tens of thousands of arrows to halt in the air naturally.
She had made a mistake on such enormous levels, only one thing that remained in her mind as she stared at the skeleton-like man.
"I'm so fucked..."
