Dominion's End

Dominion's End V4C2: A Call Without A Response, Part Two

Dominion's End Volume 4: Battle for Lan City

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我 (Yu Wo)

Chapter 2: A Call Without a Response, Part Two—translated by Michimochi (proofread by Arcedemius; C/E edited by lucathia)

Although I really wanted to find out how everyone's ability had progressed, I only had three days. It wasn't enough. Plus, I was going to take them into the city one by one, so I didn't need to rush it. As a result, I hid in my room almost the entire time to continue figuring out the spear and dagger.

After trying for three whole days, the ice dagger in my hand had taken its complete shape. Although it still didn't look as impressive as before, it at least looked more like a knife and not just a piece of ice. Its thickness was about two millimeters... I think? Forget it. I shouldn't lie to myself. One point five millimeters was decent enough.

The hilt of the dagger was too narrow to grip comfortably. I could only add to its width by using my ice ability. Afterwards, I anxiously tested it on all sorts of things.

The blade was very sharp. Practically, nothing in the room or outside of it could win against it. It only got harder to cut when the energy of an ability was involved. However, once I covered the dagger with my own ability, the problem was easily solved, like bamboo splitting on a knife's edge. But by then, this would be a competition between whose ability was superior, so although the sharpness of the dagger had some influence, it was not the crucial point in the fight.

In the process, the dagger didn't break or shatter. I even hardened my heart and tried to cut a stone with the dagger. There was some resistance, but the dagger was still able to slice through it. It was just that the deeper it went, the harder it was to move. In the end, it was stuck. I had to spend a huge amount of energy to free it. I was so scared in the process that I almost wanted to get a chainsaw and saw apart the stone to avoid damaging the ice dagger.

But then again, using a chainsaw to rescue a dagger would be too ridiculous. On top of that, Dàgē would ask me about what was going on. If I had to start explaining this, then I could kiss going to Lan City goodbye. If Dàgē knew I wasn't able to form the spear yet still wanted to enter the city nevertheless, he would definitely lock me up until the day all aberrants have been annihilated. So, I could only steel my heart and forcefully pull it out.

The ice dagger remained undamaged with not even a single scratch on it. I finally let out a breath. It seemed like I would be able to use the dagger, but there was still no response from the ice spear. Sigh, what else can I do? Although I've already made a spear to take its place, after having seen the Ice Emperor Spear, the weapons I've created practically tarnish the image of a spear!

I looked at the spear placed to the side. Because I'd reached tier two, creating this replacement was nothing. This time, I didn't use the handle of a broomstick either but an iron railing as the base, and it was the decorative, vintage type. The entire appearance of the spear had leveled up more than once, but of course, it was still ninety-nine levels away from the Ice Emperor Spear. One mere level was nothing.

Even though I had only spent three days of effort on it, this ice spear had seventy to eighty percent of the strength of my original spear. It should be enough for the beginnings of the apocalypse... Eh, I forgot to consider the Jiang family's luck. But I'm definitely going to enter Lan City no matter what today!

I put away the dagger and grabbed the spear. Next, I pulled Jiang Xiaorong, who had been planted in the corner, and stuffed him inside my shirt. Then, I grabbed the hiking backpack and the silver hip flask that Jin Feng had prepared for me. All ready. Okay, let's set off!