Chapter 189: Goddess’ Redemption (Part 2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Master must be out of his mind! Nailisi thought . Instead of running towards Saleen, Nailisi grit her teeth and began running in the other direction . As she ran, more and more evil spirits emerged from the purple flames and pounced on her . Nailisi could feel the number of injuries on her body increasing by the minute .
Nailisi was not too bothered by her injuries . Her healing powers would make quick work of them . However, the main issue here was that she could not heal as fast as the evil spirits . As long as Nailisi did not bash the heads of the evil spirits in, they could use the purple flames to return to a combat-ready state . She knew that this was a losing battle .
"Give up . Stop resisting . I’m practically god in this dimension!" The voice of the black deacon came from all directions . Lex could sense a tinge of excitement in his voice that she simply could not share .
"The gods can die as well," Lex replied with a cold voice .
"Oh? Hahaha! If you want me, come and get me!" The black deacon laughed maniacally . He had lost all his men and a sizeable number of evil spirits trying to get his hands on Lex . However, if he did manage to capture the viscountess of the Qin Empire, he would be pardoned . Ever since the Book of the Fallen had been activated, he had been unable to directly attack Lex . On the other hand, Lex was unable to break through the defenses of the holy prose, and could do nothing but try her best to outlast the black deacon .
If not for the protection provided by the four metal puppets, Lex would have used up the energy of her magic nuclei by now . The black deacon was immersed in his fantasy world, imagining the feeling of triumph he would get after capturing the viscountess of the Qin Empire, the emperor’s sister . This achievement alone would be enough to promote him to the rank of an archbishop . If everything went according to plan, he could even become an important figure in the supreme court . Perhaps he would even take on the role of a chamberlain, or even better, become the ruler of the supreme court .
Saleen could not just sit there and allow anything to happen to Lex . He did not know if his new spell would work . Heck, he did not even know if his spell would backfire and attack her instead . He only knew that if he did not do something, all of them would die at the hands of the black deacon . Lex had used her god’s ring far too soon . Now, the equipment was practically unusable .
Goddess, I do not know why you left these items behind, but if these are your wishes, I am willing to help you fulfill them .
Saleen said these words softly as he gently caressed the Ring of Gifts .
The sixteen runes lit up and floated in front of Saleen . Saleen did not stop there though . He continued chanting as his life force began seeping out of him through his left hand at a great speed . In an instant, Saleen’s left arm started to decay, almost as if someone had used death magic to suck away all of his flesh, leaving only skin and bone behind .
"In the name of the Myers Goddess, I present to the world the Gift of Life!" Saleen exclaimed .
With a surge of green light, the sixteen runes started spinning wildly in the air before combining together . As they spun, the green light continued to shrink until it reached the size of a small pin in less than two frames of time . All of a sudden, it exploded .
Daniel gasped . The green light was so blinding that it put the sun to shame . The green light started illuminating the entire landscape, almost as if it were a rain of fire . It moved rapidly and dispersed any obstacles standing in its way . No sooner had Daniel’s winged skeleton been struck by the green light did it start to decompose . Alarmed, Daniel immediately stored the winged skeleton back into his death flames .
However, although the winged skeleton was protected from the light rays, his death flames were not . They were rapidly shrinking as well . Left with no other choice, Daniel absorbed the death flames back into his body .
A severe burning sensation, as well as the feeling of being stripped of his soul, suddenly came over Daniel . He realized to his dismay that the winged skeleton had disappeared . It could no longer exist inside of Daniel’s body and had been forcibly returned to the death dimension .
Zing! In the blink of an eye, the purple flames were vaporized by the green light, and the surrounding temperatures slowly began returning to normal . The green light continued spreading its rays throughout the entire area until the purple flames had completely disappeared, returning everything to normal as well .
Saleen looked around . Yup, it’s still Guogan Village, he thought .
Similar to Mister Snowman meeting Mister Sun, the evil spirits that were hot on Nailisi’s heels immediately melted away upon contact with the green light rays .
With a buzzing sound, the green light started to expand rapidly again, covering the entire village for miles . All of a sudden, a violent explosion rang in the air . The black deacon had been found . The Book of the Fallen was long gone, and his lower body had been blasted into pieces .
As Nailisi basked in the light, she felt her injuries heal rapidly . Sika’s ghastly wounds had started improving as quickly as, if not faster than Nailisi’s . Aside from his wrinkly, shrivelled left arm, Saleen’s limbs and chest wounds were healing quickly as well .
The six puppets that had accompanied both Lex and Saleen in battle were also showing signs of coming to life after being enveloped in the blinding flash of light . The two water shields that were hovering around Saleen grew in size again, becoming more than one meter tall at minimum . This time, however, the water shields no longer had intricate magical patterns carved onto them . Instead, they were unusually clear and transparent .
Two gigantic water orbs came out of nowhere and started circling around Saleen . After hovering in the air for a bit, they were reabsorbed by Saleen’s left hand .
In that moment, Saleen started opening up his left hand . Instantly, he winced in pain . He felt like some rusty alchemical robot . He bet that if he listened closely enough, he would be able to hear the creaking sounds of his bones . Saleen did not freak out though . Instead, he relaxed slightly . His arm was still intact . Casting this divine spell had only taken away a huge portion of his life force and not the mobility of his arm . For that, he was thankful . He looked at his left arm and predicted that it would be as good as new in just a couple of weeks .
All of this power just from a leaf taken from the Tree of Life . If he had possessed the entire tree, even this side effect would not have happened .
The powers of god were not to be belittled or underestimated . Just one gift by itself contained more power than Saleen could ever imagine . The Book of the Fallen, as well as the evil spirits, both virtually indestructible, had melted away under the divine powers of Saleen’s gift .
Nailisi rolled onto the ground, turning back into her human form . Her tail retracted back into her body . Lex, not even sparing Nailisi a glance, turned and walked towards the black deacon .
The black deacon had a wood-like expression on his face, masking his confusion . He had felt the powers of the gods just now, but they had not been those of the Lord of Glory . How is this possible? There is only one god left in the Myers Mainland! He thought in despair .
Without hesitation, Lex unleashed a Fossilization spell .
The black deacon did not show any signs of resistance . He simply let the spell turn his entire body into stone . Both his legs had been blown to bits and his hands were permanently glued to the floor . It almost appeared as though he were worshipping Lex .
"Saleen!" Lex called out, waving her hands frantically . The four fully constructed puppets instantly followed suit . Lex suddenly turned her head around and stared into their faces, noticing human-like expressions forming on their metallic faces .
By this time, the green flash of light had completely dispersed . With a great deal of difficulty, Sika got up, feeling a little cold and dizzy . The divine spell had completely healed her injuries . She had bled out earlier, but that was nothing a quick blood transfusion would not fix .
By now, Saleen had noticed the profound changes in the fully constructed puppets as well . He waved his hands towards the two fully constructed puppets that were by his side . This time, he did not use any mental power to control them . The two puppets looked at each other for a while, before walking towards Saleen . Lex witnessed this as well, and was too shocked for words .
These puppets… they’re alive? Lex thought, bewildered .
She began to regret not having taken out the remaining five fully constructed puppets in order to do a before-and-after comparison . If all nine puppets had managed to come to life, she would have dismantled at least one of them in experimentation, without question . However, she could not bear to do so now . Plus, she had better things to do, like deal with the black deacon .
No matter what, the black deacon had needed to die . Even if the feud had not escalated to a level of full-blown hatred, Lex could not allow anyone to spread the news on Saleen’s new powers .
Divine spells, especially those not cast by the Lord of Glory, would immediately land the spellcaster in grave danger . If the Holy See knew about this, they would not even bother going to war . They would simply contact the holy masters and request them to declare a divine decree . No matter where Saleen went, the Holy See would be just a few steps behind him . They were merciless and would go to great lengths to kill Saleen, regardless of how many people they needed to hurt or even kill along the way . No one was going to stop them .
In the Myers Mainland, there was only one god . He was what made the Holy See so sacred and divine .
Lex walked towards Saleen but her eyes were trained on Daniel the entire time . Standing in front of Daniel, she smiled and asked, "Daniel, how much did you see?"
"I…" Daniel stuttered, utterly terrified of the woman standing in front of him . Saleen had cast what seemed like a divine spell . Even if it was not one, it was certainly no magic spell . No magic could drive his winged skeleton back to the death dimension . He did not know what to say . All he knew was that Saleen had divine powers that did not come from the Lord of Glory .
Even possessing this tiny bit of information was sufficient reasoning for Saleen to kill him . After all, dead people could not talk . However, even if he was a necromancer, if he managed to capture Saleen and send him to the Holy See, the pope would pardon all his crimes .
"Lex, I trust Daniel," Saleen said, instantly putting Daniel’s mind at ease . He was going to live to see another day .
Lex shook her head in disapproval and said, "This is not something you can decide on your own . You may trust him, but I don’t . If he betrays you, I’ll be implicated . So Daniel, do you still want to live?"
Daniel nodded his head furiously . Of course he would not betray Saleen . Even if the pope pardoned him of his crimes, he would not be able to gain any redemption . When he died, he would have to go to heaven, and he knew what happened to necromancers once they were there .
Perhaps normal humans did not mind going to heaven . However, necromancers who studied souls and understood their secrets did not dare underestimate the problems that came even after death .
"Unless you would like to be a heretic . Otherwise…" Lex said, leaving Daniel hanging at the end of her sentence . She figured that it would be fun to let Daniel’s imagination run wild for a bit . Since Saleen was the good cop, she would have to play the bad cop . She knew that Daniel would become her loyal follower . If not, his days would be miserable .
"Alright, what should I do now?" Daniel sighed . Guess I don’t have much of a choice, do I? he thought gloomily .
"Follow me," Lex instructed . She brought Daniel to the black deacon, who was still frozen, unable to escape the effects of Lex’s spell .
"This deacon is from the Holy See . His body still has a bit of divinity left . This divinity was a gift from the pope . As long as you use your magic to strip him of it, you’ll live to see another day," Lex said simply .
Daniel replied, "I’ll do it . "
Lex nodded her head in approval . She was liking the young man more and more . The fact that Daniel had been able to survive this long even after the assassination attempts by the Holy See had not been due to luck alone . Being a heretic was not something to joke about . If Daniel did what Lex told her to do, any clergy would be able to recognize Daniel . To those that believed firmly in the Lord of Glory, Daniel would be their number one target .
The reason why they would go after Daniel was because killing him would mean gaining god’s approval .
Saleen silently slipped a magic glove onto his left hand, covering his shrivelled left arm . He helped Sika up, and together with Nailisi, the trio arrived in front of the black deacon . The two fully constructed puppets followed suit without needing to be controlled .
With a wave of her hand, Lex neutralized her spell . However, the black deacon’s limbs remained on the ground . He lifted his head and stared dully at Saleen, before saying,
"Myers?"
Saleen stayed silent . He did not know why he had divine powers . He did not even believe in the goddess . Even if he had made promises to the goddess before unleashing his powers, it was all so that he had been able to get the spell done and over with . He had always felt that the goddess was overrated . The power that she had over her loyal followers did not correspond to the promises that she fufilled for them . However, whether it was the goddess’s will or simply one of many tricks that the goddess had up her sleeve, he could not deny the fact that she existed now .
"So this is the goddess’ redemption," the black deacon said . His expression looked as if someone had taken his breath away . The goddess’ redemption was something that he had been obsessed with for a while now .
Saleen furrowed his brows and asked, "Huh? What’s that?"
The black deacon let out a cold laugh . "Hahahaha… if you want to know so much, why don’t you ask the pope yourself, if you dare…"
Chapter 189 Goddess Redemption Part 2 Translator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioMaster must be out of his mind Nailisi thought . Instead of running towards Saleen, Nailisi grit her teeth and began running in the other direction . As she ran, more and more evil spirits emerged from the purple flames and pounced on her . Nailisi could feel the number of injuries on her body increasing by the minute . Nailisi was not too bothered by her injuries . Her healing powers would make quick work of them . However, the main issue here was that she could not heal as fast as the evil spirits . As long as Nailisi did not bash the heads of the evil spirits in, they could use the purple flames to return to a combat ready state . She knew that this was a losing battle . Give up . Stop resisting . I m practically god in this dimension The voice of the black deacon came from all directions . Lex could sense a tinge of excitement in his voice that she simply could not share . The gods can die as well, Lex replied with a cold voice . Oh Hahaha If you want me, come and get me The black deacon laughed maniacally . He had lost all his men and a sizeable number of evil spirits trying to get his hands on Lex . However, if he did manage to capture the viscountess of the Qin Empire, he would be pardoned . Ever since the Book of the Fallen had been activated, he had been unable to directly attack Lex . On the other hand, Lex was unable to break through the defenses of the holy prose, and could do nothing but try her best to outlast the black deacon . If not for the protection provided by the four metal puppets, Lex would have used up the energy of her magic nuclei by now . The black deacon was immersed in his fantasy world, imagining the feeling of triumph he would get after capturing the viscountess of the Qin Empire, the emperor s sister . This achievement alone would be enough to promote him to the rank of an archbishop . If everything went according to plan, he could even become an important figure in the supreme court . Perhaps he would even take on the role of a chamberlain, or even better, become the ruler of the supreme court . Saleen could not just sit there and allow anything to happen to Lex . He did not know if his new spell would work . Heck, he did not even know if his spell would backfire and attack her instead . He only knew that if he did not do something, all of them would die at the hands of the black deacon . Lex had used her god s ring far too soon . Now, the equipment was practically unusable . Goddess, I do not know why you left these items behind, but if these are your wishes, I am willing to help you fulfill them . Saleen said these words softly as he gently caressed the Ring of Gifts . The sixteen runes lit up and floated in front of Saleen . Saleen did not stop there though . He continued chanting as his life force began seeping out of him through his left hand at a great speed . In an instant, Saleen s left arm started to decay, almost as if someone had used death magic to suck away all of his flesh, leaving only skin and bone behind . In the name of the Myers Goddess, I present to the world the Gift of Life Saleen exclaimed . With a surge of green light, the sixteen runes started spinning wildly in the air before combining together . As they spun, the green light continued to shrink until it reached the size of a small pin in less than two frames of time . All of a sudden, it exploded . Daniel gasped . The green light was so blinding that it put the sun to shame . The green light started illuminating the entire landscape, almost as if it were a rain of fire . It moved rapidly and dispersed any obstacles standing in its way . No sooner had Daniel s winged skeleton been struck by the green light did it start to decompose . Alarmed, Daniel immediately stored the winged skeleton back into his death flames . However, although the winged skeleton was protected from the light rays, his death flames were not . They were rapidly shrinking as well . Left with no other choice, Daniel absorbed the death flames back into his body . A severe burning sensation, as well as the feeling of being stripped of his soul, suddenly came over Daniel . He realized to his dismay that the winged skeleton had disappeared . It could no longer exist inside of Daniel s body and had been forcibly returned to the death dimension . Zing In the blink of an eye, the purple flames were vaporized by the green light, and the surrounding temperatures slowly began returning to normal . The green light continued spreading its rays throughout the entire area until the purple flames had completely disappeared, returning everything to normal as well . Saleen looked around . Yup, it s still Guogan Village, he thought . Similar to Mister Snowman meeting Mister Sun, the evil spirits that were hot on Nailisi s heels immediately melted away upon contact with the green light rays . With a buzzing sound, the green light started to expand rapidly again, covering the entire village for miles . All of a sudden, a violent explosion rang in the air . The black deacon had been found . The Book of the Fallen was long gone, and his lower body had been blasted into pieces . As Nailisi basked in the light, she felt her injuries heal rapidly . Sika s ghastly wounds had started improving as quickly as, if not faster than Nailisi s . Aside from his wrinkly, shrivelled left arm, Saleen s limbs and chest wounds were healing quickly as well . The six puppets that had accompanied both Lex and Saleen in battle were also showing signs of coming to life after being enveloped in the blinding flash of light . The two water shields that were hovering around Saleen grew in size again, becoming more than one meter tall at minimum . This time, however, the water shields no longer had intricate magical patterns carved onto them . Instead, they were unusually clear and transparent . Two gigantic water orbs came out of nowhere and started circling around Saleen . After hovering in the air for a bit, they were reabsorbed by Saleen s left hand . In that moment, Saleen started opening up his left hand . Instantly, he winced in pain . He felt like some rusty alchemical robot . He bet that if he listened closely enough, he would be able to hear the creaking sounds of his bones . Saleen did not freak out though . Instead, he relaxed slightly . His arm was still intact . Casting this divine spell had only taken away a huge portion of his life force and not the mobility of his arm . For that, he was thankful . He looked at his left arm and predicted that it would be as good as new in just a couple of weeks . All of this power just from a leaf taken from the Tree of Life . If he had possessed the entire tree, even this side effect would not have happened . The powers of god were not to be belittled or underestimated . Just one gift by itself contained more power than Saleen could ever imagine . The Book of the Fallen, as well as the evil spirits, both virtually indestructible, had melted away under the divine powers of Saleen s gift . Nailisi rolled onto the ground, turning back into her human form . Her tail retracted back into her body . Lex, not even sparing Nailisi a glance, turned and walked towards the black deacon . The black deacon had a wood like expression on his face, masking his confusion . He had felt the powers of the gods just now, but they had not been those of the Lord of Glory . How is this possible There is only one god left in the Myers Mainland He thought in despair . Without hesitation, Lex unleashed a Fossilization spell . The black deacon did not show any signs of resistance . He simply let the spell turn his entire body into stone . Both his legs had been blown to bits and his hands were permanently glued to the floor . It almost appeared as though he were worshipping Lex . Saleen Lex called out, waving her hands frantically . The four fully constructed puppets instantly followed suit . Lex suddenly turned her head around and stared into their faces, noticing human like expressions forming on their metallic faces . By this time, the green flash of light had completely dispersed . With a great deal of difficulty, Sika got up, feeling a little cold and dizzy . The divine spell had completely healed her injuries . She had bled out earlier, but that was nothing a quick blood transfusion would not fix . By now, Saleen had noticed the profound changes in the fully constructed puppets as well . He waved his hands towards the two fully constructed puppets that were by his side . This time, he did not use any mental power to control them . The two puppets looked at each other for a while, before walking towards Saleen . Lex witnessed this as well, and was too shocked for words . These puppets they re alive Lex thought, bewildered . She began to regret not having taken out the remaining five fully constructed puppets in order to do a before and after comparison . If all nine puppets had managed to come to life, she would have dismantled at least one of them in experimentation, without question . However, she could not bear to do so now . Plus, she had better things to do, like deal with the black deacon . No matter what, the black deacon had needed to die . Even if the feud had not escalated to a level of full blown hatred, Lex could not allow anyone to spread the news on Saleen s new powers . Divine spells, especially those not cast by the Lord of Glory, would immediately land the spellcaster in grave danger . If the Holy See knew about this, they would not even bother going to war . They would simply contact the holy masters and request them to declare a divine decree . No matter where Saleen went, the Holy See would be just a few steps behind him . They were merciless and would go to great lengths to kill Saleen, regardless of how many people they needed to hurt or even kill along the way . No one was going to stop them . In the Myers Mainland, there was only one god . He was what made the Holy See so sacred and divine . Lex walked towards Saleen but her eyes were trained on Daniel the entire time . Standing in front of Daniel, she smiled and asked, Daniel, how much did you see I Daniel stuttered, utterly terrified of the woman standing in front of him . Saleen had cast what seemed like a divine spell . Even if it was not one, it was certainly no magic spell . No magic could drive his winged skeleton back to the death dimension . He did not know what to say . All he knew was that Saleen had divine powers that did not come from the Lord of Glory . Even possessing this tiny bit of information was sufficient reasoning for Saleen to kill him . After all, dead people could not talk . However, even if he was a necromancer, if he managed to capture Saleen and send him to the Holy See, the pope would pardon all his crimes . Lex, I trust Daniel, Saleen said, instantly putting Daniel s mind at ease . He was going to live to see another day . Lex shook her head in disapproval and said, This is not something you can decide on your own . You may trust him, but I don t . If he betrays you, I ll be implicated . So Daniel, do you still want to live Daniel nodded his head furiously . Of course he would not betray Saleen . Even if the pope pardoned him of his crimes, he would not be able to gain any redemption . When he died, he would have to go to heaven, and he knew what happened to necromancers once they were there . Perhaps normal humans did not mind going to heaven . However, necromancers who studied souls and understood their secrets did not dare underestimate the problems that came even after death . Unless you would like to be a heretic . Otherwise Lex said, leaving Daniel hanging at the end of her sentence . She figured that it would be fun to let Daniel s imagination run wild for a bit . Since Saleen was the good cop, she would have to play the bad cop . She knew that Daniel would become her loyal follower . If not, his days would be miserable . Alright, what should I do now Daniel sighed . Guess I don t have much of a choice, do I he thought gloomily . Follow me, Lex instructed . She brought Daniel to the black deacon, who was still frozen, unable to escape the effects of Lex s spell . This deacon is from the Holy See . His body still has a bit of divinity left . This divinity was a gift from the pope . As long as you use your magic to strip him of it, you ll live to see another day, Lex said simply . Daniel replied, I ll do it . Lex nodded her head in approval . She was liking the young man more and more . The fact that Daniel had been able to survive this long even after the assassination attempts by the Holy See had not been due to luck alone . Being a heretic was not something to joke about . If Daniel did what Lex told her to do, any clergy would be able to recognize Daniel . To those that believed firmly in the Lord of Glory, Daniel would be their number one target . The reason why they would go after Daniel was because killing him would mean gaining god s approval . Saleen silently slipped a magic glove onto his left hand, covering his shrivelled left arm . He helped Sika up, and together with Nailisi, the trio arrived in front of the black deacon . The two fully constructed puppets followed suit without needing to be controlled . With a wave of her hand, Lex neutralized her spell . However, the black deacon s limbs remained on the ground . He lifted his head and stared dully at Saleen, before saying, Myers Saleen stayed silent . He did not know why he had divine powers . He did not even believe in the goddess . Even if he had made promises to the goddess before unleashing his powers, it was all so that he had been able to get the spell done and over with . He had always felt that the goddess was overrated . The power that she had over her loyal followers did not correspond to the promises that she fufilled for them . However, whether it was the goddess s will or simply one of many tricks that the goddess had up her sleeve, he could not deny the fact that she existed now . So this is the goddess redemption, the black deacon said . His expression looked as if someone had taken his breath away . The goddess redemption was something that he had been obsessed with for a while now . Saleen furrowed his brows and asked, Huh What s that The black deacon let out a cold laugh . Hahahaha if you want to know so much, why don t you ask the pope yourself, if you dare