Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 2497

Zeke observed the strange plant in detail, but he couldn't find anything special about it. “Did you make a mistake, Ossa Dei? I'm not seeing anything special about this plant.”

Upon detailed inspection, Ossa Dei said, “Look at the last leaf on the third branch from the top. See if there's anything odd there.”

Without delay, he did as he was told and stared at that leaf.

When he did, he noticed something odd.

There was a “dew” on the leaf. However, it was different from ordinary dew.

It was darker and didn't reflect any light. Additionally, it was heavier than normal dew, so much so that it was bending the entire branch.

All those characteristics fit with Minerva's description of “spiritual water.”

That was very likely a drop of spiritual water.

Zeke asked, “This is definitely the legendary spiritual water. Is this useful to you, Ossa Dei?”

Ossa Dei replied, “No idea. This is the first time I've come across this kind of water. Although, I'm not just going to touch random stuff. Let me take my time researching it first. It'll be troublesome if it's deadly to me.”

“All right, then.” Thus, Zeke pulled out his porcelain bottle and collected the spiritual water.

“There's another drop at five o'clock. Go and check it out.”

“Okay!”

With the guidance of Ossa Dei, it only took Zeke an hour to find five drops of spiritual water.

It was their first day looking for spiritual water, so they didn't have enough experience yet. After amassing enough experience, they would no doubt be able to collect even more spiritual water.

At that moment, the sun rose from the horizon. Even if there was more spiritual water around, it had probably evaporated.

Everyone had stopped collecting spiritual water.

Yannick, Yoshua, and Minerva quickly met with Zeke.

Judging from the listless look on their faces, he could tell their efforts weren't fruitful.

As expected, Minerva said, “I'm the only one among the three of us who found spiritual water, Master, and I only collected a drop. I'm sorry for being so incompetent. Please punish me.”

He replied, “It's fine. Let's go back.”

“Okay.”

On the road back, Yannick grumbled, “Spiritual water is too hard to collect! My legs are on the verge of giving way after running around in search of spiritual water, but I couldn't find even a drop in the end! This place really is hell. I really regretted coming here.”

Yoshua said to his brother, “Let's stop thinking about that. Right now, we need to eat something. Since a drop of spiritual water can only get us two buns, we'll have to split it between the four of us.”

Minerva interjected, “No need to include me. I'm not going to take a portion.”

“Then what are you going to eat?” Yannick asked.

She looked around and casually stripped a piece of bark off of a big tree next to her and stuffed it into her pocket. “I'll just chew the bark. That's enough for me to fill my stomach.”

Zeke asked, “Do people here eat this often?”

With a nod, Minerva replied, “We have no other choice. There's a lack of food on the island. If we don't eat these, we'll starve to death.”

“Don't worry. None of you will need to eat tree bark in the future. Throw it away.”

“I know you don't want me to suffer, Master, but our food isn't enough—”

“This is an order. Throw away the tree bark. I'll come up with a way to obtain food.”

Minerva sighed and reluctantly threw the bark away. Master is new here, so he hasn't experienced the cruelty of reality yet. That's why he doesn't appreciate the tree bark. Once he sees how cruel this place can be, he'll know how valuable the bark is.

They soon returned to the base.

Daley was already there, and he was humming a tune while resting under a big tree. He was apparently in a good mood.

When he saw Minerva, he couldn't help but tease, “Based on the look on your faces, I'd say you lot didn't get many drops of spiritual water. It looks like you all will be going hungry today, haha!”