On a whim, he decided to dismantle it and make sure that he absolutely did not miss anything at all.
He was also curious as to why a necromancer experimenting with skeletons and herbs would use a furnace. This person was also interested in forging?
He unsheathed the purple sword and swung it around a couple of times.
SLASH SLASH SLASH
The rusted furnace broke and the broken parts fell down on the ground one after the other. Liam picked up this as well and quickly tossed them into his inventory.
There was no hurry to dismantle it and inspect it right here and now. He could do it later after taking care of Luna first.
"Alright. That should do it." He dusted his hands and sheathed his sword back. Now it was truly empty?
Well, there was one more patch of moss left. This was hiding behind the furnace and now that the furnace was broken down, this was revealed.
"Hmmm…" He narrowed his eyes and looked at this small patch. It was not like there was going to be a treasure here, right?
Nevertheless, Liam ruffled his head and weaved the nether in the air to absorb herbal essence from these last bits of the plant.
He had taken everything else after all. He was not going to leave this behind.
The next second, the corresponding light specks also started flying towards the egg, Luna absorbing it.
However, right at this moment, suddenly something unexpected happened.
As the moss cleared out and the small specks of light dispersed from the wall, something else was gradually revealed.
In the space where the furnace was present, particularly at the spot which usually contained the fire source, there was a small blue stone or rather a crystal.
"Hmmm…" Liam leaned over and inspected it closer.
He then leaned back and unsheathed his sword, cleanly slicing off the crystal that was seemingly jammed into the wall.
Thud.
A small piece of rock with the crystal embedded at the center fell out. Liam picked it up and looked at it more closely to see what it was.
"Fuck!" Almost instantly, his eyes widened in shock and his eyebrows shot up!
This was neither a stone nor a crystal!
The thing that he was holding in his hand was actually a small wisp of a flickering blue flame embedded inside the rock!
Liam only recognized it because this was very similar to the one he had obtained from the glacier cave.
That flame was reddish-orange in color, bigger, and embedded in ice while this was much tinier blue in color and embedded in rock.
He knew that this was probably a precious flame just like the other one, but why would a necromancer have this?
He was using it to power up the furnace? But for what?
Just as he was pondering about this, the egg in his hand started twitching, a bit violently.
"Huh?" Liam panicked and looked at the egg in worry. It took him a second, but he immediately understood what was about to happen or at least had a feeling about it.
"NO LUNA! NO! STOP!" He quickly shouted but he was still too late!
The partially cracked egg thrummed in his hand and the blue flame from the crystal magically disappeared!
And just like that… the thing that he had gotten was gone in a second.
Liam did not know whether to laugh or cry. Was today just a very unlucky day for him? Everything that he wanted was getting stolen away right from under his nose!
First the inheritance and now this flame. He barely had a chance to even look at it properly before the greedy fox gulped it down.
"You too Luna?"