Chapter 456: Chapter 352: Fully Automatic Egg Incubator

"You just gave her the sword like that?" Agatha stared at the Phoenix Egg on the table, then glanced back at Shire. "In my experience, you’re not that nice of a person. You wouldn’t stop until you’ve squeezed every last benefit out of someone."

"No, I’m actually a very kind person," Shire shrugged. "Of course, I had my own reasons for doing it. Let’s just say I’m fostering some goodwill. After all, I did kill a Vice Commander. Now the Holy Order Army won’t be coming back, which buys me a period of peace to build up my strength."

"Mm-hmm." Agatha continued to stare at Shire without saying anything. After a few seconds, Shire gave an awkward laugh.

"Of course, I also received some... some ’tokens of gratitude’." As he spoke, he pulled a feather from his clothes.

The feather was pure white, looking immaculate, and it was covered in golden patterns. If you stared at it, you could even see the golden lines seeming to flow slowly, as if alive.

"What’s this?" Agatha raised an eyebrow.

Shire placed the feather in front of Agatha and said with a smile, "An Angel’s Feather. Or, to be more precise, a High-level Angel’s Feather."

"Sounds pretty impressive."

"It is. I asked Marshall. The old man told me this is good stuff—a top-tier Magic Material that’s very hard to get." Shire nodded confidently. "It contains a huge amount of Magic Energy and can be embedded in weapons and equipment. If it’s embedded in armor, it can grant immunity to Mind Magic. The only problem is that since it’s a Magic Item itself, the effect isn’t permanent. Once the Divine Power in it is used up, the Angel’s Feather will shrivel, turn black, and crumble to ash."

"So it’s very useful, then."

"Right," Shire said with a smile, pointing to the leather cloak he was wearing. "I’m planning to have the old man modify this Invisibility Cloak and see if he can embed the Angel’s Feather into it. That way, if I run into a Mage, I can just turn invisible and won’t get caught by their Range Mind Magic."

"But," Agatha reached out, picked up the feather, and held it up before her eyes to inspect it closely, "just one feather doesn’t seem to compare to that Longsword, does it? You said before that the Longsword was really useful. You relied on it to cut through the tough hides of those Magical Beasts."

"Er," Shire pursed his lips, only speaking after a few seconds. "I picked up almost 50 of these feathers."

"Fifty? Are you planning to make a feather coat?"

"I couldn’t help it. Back then, that Grand Commander was getting knocked around constantly by the Elephant Lord. Every time she hit the ground, a few feathers would fall off. The moment she gave up and stopped fighting, I immediately sent the goblins to collect them all."

"And she didn’t say anything?" Agatha asked, puzzled.

"She watched the goblins’ movements and her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn’t stop me. I only found out how hard these are to come by after I asked her about it later," Shire sighed lightly. "They’re a product of the Magic Ability of High Tier Holy Order Soldiers, and they’re infused with Energy. If they try to use the Face of an Angel Magic again after this, it will be greatly affected, and it will take a very long time for them to recover. That’s why High Tier Paladins don’t waste these Angel’s Feathers. If they want to quickly restore the feathers on their wings, they have to bathe in the War God’s Blessing."

"So she didn’t stop you from collecting the feathers back then as part of the exchange for the Longsword?" Agatha rolled the feather between her fingers, her eyes fixed on the flowing golden patterns. "Almost fifty of them... I’d say you still got the better end of the deal."

"I guess so," Shire shrugged. "Even if I hadn’t agreed to give her the Longsword, she probably would have done anything to get her hands on it. From what she said, it was Captain Shamrah’s personal sword, and also a part of his soul. I figured she definitely wouldn’t give up on it. It’s one thing if she’s willing to trade for it, but I was afraid she’d go back on her word and ’visit’ me with the entire Holy Order Army. I didn’t have that many ’hostages’ on hand at that point."

"Speaking of Captain Shamrah, you asked those questions for my sake, didn’t you?" Agatha placed the feather in front of Shire and looked up at him.

"Partly. I was curious myself. After all, nobody knows what’s in the Star Realm." Shire nodded with a smile. Very few people had knowledge on this subject; you could say no one on the entire continent could speak on it, and the channels for obtaining such knowledge were almost nonexistent.

"Thank you." Agatha sighed deeply. "I only mentioned it once before, and you kept it in mind."

"We’re partners, after all." Shire waved his hand dismissively, then quickly reached out and took back the Angel’s Feather from the table.

Seeing his action, Agatha’s lips twitched. "Right. Partners."

With that, she shook her head slightly. "I never would have thought that someone had successfully crossed the Boundary Wall even before my ancestors went to the Star Realm. But I suppose it’s normal. After all, there are many extraordinary people in this world. I just wonder why they all seem to want to stop future generations from following in their footsteps."

"It must be dangerous," Shire said after a moment’s thought. "That’s the only answer I can come up with."

"But," Agatha hesitated, "my ancestors, the crew of the ’Flying Fat Lady,’ they returned successfully. They all lived long, healthy lives."

"That, I don’t know. But at the very least, the ’Big-beaked Bird’ pirate ship failed. Their captain was some kind of Pirate Sword Saint, and even someone with his skills ended up dead." Shire’s smile vanished, his expression turning serious.

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