Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave novel Chapter 445

Jacques had just woken up and he was confused. Unconsciously, he reached for his dragon-bone spear, only to discover it was missing.

"Now, where is my spear?" questioned Jacques feeling the panic welling up.

His dragon-bone spear was extremely important to him, and he had a connection to it after owning it for such a long time, which was why he discovered so quickly that it had gone missing.

"Is it in your space ring?" asked Elder Xu curiously.

Elder Xu and Kenneth had glanced around and didn't see Jacques' dragon-bone spear either and wondered if he had put it away.

"No," responded Jacques, but, then he wondered if he could be wrong, so he searched his space ring, and still didn't find it. "Impossible! How could my dragon-bone spear just vanish?!" exclaimed Jacques, giving Zen a suspicious glimpse.

Zen motioned to Jacques with a wave indicating he didn't have anything to do with it.

"Jacques, what happened when you and Zen were battling? Why did I hear a dragon roaring?" Elder Xu enquired about the incident again, even though he'd asked Zen earlier. What Zen told him hadn't made him feel any better.

Jacques racked his brain trying to think, 'Where did I put my dragon-bone spear?' He remembered that he was stunned by the roar of the dragon as soon as he started fighting with Zen, so, the details of his fight with Zen were fuzzy.

"I... I don't recall. I can remember the deafening sound of a dragon roaring, and the fight with Zen, but, beyond that, everything is a blur. I don't even know what happened later," Jacques said, shaking his head as he tried in vain to remember anything more.

Jacques' account of what happened relieved Zen because he would've been in trouble if Jacques told them it was Zen that made the dragon roar. Zen had previously used his demonic life vitality to block their vision, and that would raise suspicions since Elder Xu and Kenneth were both pretty smart guys. It wasn't easy to fool them.

"The roar comes from within your dragon-bone spear, right? Why's it so powerful? Is it because the explosion of your dragon-bone spear caused such a powerful dragon roar?" Since Jacques couldn't remember any details, Elder Xu offered some suggestions.

"That's right?" What Elder Xu said made Jacques hesitate. Although he couldn't remember what had happened, the final roar was far louder than what the dragon-bone spear had done previously. The shock of the roar was like a red-hot iron poker being seared into his heart, and he'd probably never forget how it felt.

'But, where did that last roar come from?'

Jacques remembered that Brady, the great weapon refiner who built the dragon-bone spear told him that there was still a remnant of a dragon soul within the bone. However, this dragon spine and its soul were tens of thousands of years old. Over time, this soul had almost disappeared, so, its power was feeble.

Brady hadn't completely destroyed the soul, but he had used runes to seal it. To him, the soul had long since lost its power of resistance, and sealing it within the spear increased the dragon-bone spear spirit.

"Did the dragon soul break the seal and choose to destroy itself?"

Jacques wondered aloud.

Elder Xu nodded in agreement as he pondered, 'That could be what happened, but where did the glow come from?' As he thought about it, he asked, "Jacques, did you see a colorful glow in your mind?"

"Colorful glow?" asked Jacques bewildered, and wondered, 'A colorful glow? I was out like a light. How could I possibly see any glow?'

"Well. Does it feel like your soul is any stronger?" Elder Xu questioned.

"Huh? My soul?" As soon as Elder Xu asked him, Jacques realized that his soul did feel different. His soul seemed to feel more sensitive and somehow steadier. It felt stronger.

At the Cloud Sect, there were some secret medicines for soul cultivation, which had healing effects on the soul. If the disciples here wanted to strengthen their souls, they had to take the medication for decades. However, even when they did, the effects weren't noticeable. Jacques' soul had become much stronger in the blink of an eye, which made him extremely happy.

But, Jacques was frustrated at the loss of the dragon-bone spear.

If it had happened to anyone else, they would have fainted at the shock. However, Jacques wasn't just talented, and he was also lucky. Although he was devastated at the loss, he believed his luck would drop something better in his lap.

After all, his dragon-bone spear exploded, and now his soul was much improved. If he had to choose between strengthening his soul and owning the dragon-bone spear, he would've given up the dragon-bone spear without hesitating since the means of improving a soul were few and far between.

And he just knew, he would land a better weapon down the road.