"I'd rather be foolish and naïve than be too Ömdiroken. — BY. Roland. Mist. "
This world originally didn't have such a maxim, but it did after me. From a certain standpoint, shouldn't Ömdiroken thank me for leaving his name in history?
Cough, let's be more serious. When Ailos appeared in front of me, I thought that the Ottoman case had been exposed, and that he had come to take revenge on me.
But it turned out to be a false alarm. After the Wind Elemental God Kamdiran received my invitation, he sought out another Wind Elemental God who had a deep grudge against Ömdiroken in order to increase his chances of victory.
"Back then, Ömdiroken participated in the encirclement against Stonevilla. If it wasn't for the fact that Ömdiroken's Earth Seal blocked the water connection to the ocean, my husband Stonevilla wouldn't have died."
His calm words were filled with bone-deep hatred. His crystal-like eyes were filled with a grudge that couldn't be resolved in the past. Time didn't erase that hatred, but rather made it even deeper.
From a certain standpoint, Ömdiroken was indeed quite powerful. At the very least, I didn't have the confidence that I would be able to live well after offending so many people.
[No, according to my System's statistics, there are far more people who hate you than hate him. The number of unlucky people who've fallen into your traps is at least ten times greater than his. No matter if it's the number or quality of your enemies, they're unparalleled. I've always been considering whether or not to give you the title of 'Public Enemy of the Nation.']
"Shut up! Nobody will think you're mute if you don't speak … I'm sorry, I wasn't talking about you. "
I hurriedly apologized in a low voice to the astonished Ailos.
From a certain standpoint, this was the first time that I had ever met Ailos. After all, it was quite ridiculous for someone to angrily tell me to shut up when I was talking about my husband's bitter past.
Fortunately, it seemed that Ailos lived up to his reputation as the Water Elemental God. He seemed to have a "good temper." He only smiled at me and didn't take it seriously.
Since we have the same goal, the negotiations will naturally go smoothly. This time, in order to completely eliminate Ömdiroken, we have brought a luxurious team.
Although there weren't many of us, only seven of us, the weakest among us was a Legend. Marguerite, Adam, and Amelia, the three strongest SemiGods under my command, were all here. They would be the main fighting force. Eaglestorm, Beifeng Herault, and Renée, the three Legends, could only act as support. This was also a chance for them to train themselves.
This was already the strongest lineup that would not affect the normal operation of the Northern Terrain. Would Princess Renée, who brought Donglan, be affected? Actually, most of the government affairs in Donglan were handled by Kelly and the rest. It wouldn't be a big deal to bring along a living seal.
As for reinforcements, I had originally only expected Kamdiran to come. After all, they had already shed all pretense of cordiality. Everyone understood the principle of eradicating the source of trouble. However, I hadn't expected that the Water Elemental Goddess would come as well. After all, from what I could remember, we still had some minor conflicts with her, so she should be quite busy.
"The Ottoman Empire's battlefield? That's a matter between the Sea Tribe and the humans. I've already done my duty. The Storm girl is quite concerned about you. After all, you killed three of her beloved pets and even used their remains to create that monster. As long as she can spare some time, she'll definitely take revenge. "
Ailos' words were quite trustworthy. As for Lady Storm, her reaction was exactly as I expected. Based on my understanding of her, the Ancient Elemental Gods were indeed lacking interest in the Holy War. After all, this wasn't the first time they had experienced such a thing.
The greater the benefits, the greater the risks. Without sufficient benefits, it would be impossible to make these sly old foxes obediently risk their lives.
For example, back in the day, what attracted Ömdiroken to do his best for the beastmen in the Northlands War was the long-vacant Guardian God Divine Concept of the beastmen. And if the Earth Elemental Plane successfully connected to the Earth Elemental Plane, the Ancient Elemental God Divine Concept of the Northlands and the Guardian God of the beastmen would become a true God and rapidly become powerful.
However, it was obvious that the Water Elemental Goddess wouldn't be able to obtain these conditions even in the Ottoman Empire.
"The Storm girl has always been on guard against me. It's impossible for more of the Sea Tribe to worship me. There's no need for me to fight to the end for her. But for me, revenge is the most important thing. Your matters have nothing to do with me. If you return my husband's relics to me, I'll agree to a request of yours that isn't too excessive. I'll also be willing to help you resolve this grudge. "
Ailos' expression was quite sincere. To her, the God Equipment bottle itself wasn't important. What was important was the relics that her husband had left behind.
"Relics? Oh, that bottle! "
Hearing this, I immediately turned to look at Kamdiran. I had only used it once in the underground labyrinth to seal away the Earth Elemental God. It seemed that Kamdiran's eyes were quite sharp.
However, Kamdiran shrugged with a calm expression.
"Back in the day, Stonevilla, who controlled the Seven Seas, had a status equivalent to you humans' God of Holy Light. Although the God Equipment in his hands is so weak that it's almost dead, how could I not recognize it?"
I hesitated for a moment, but it wasn't because I was reluctant to part with that God Equipment. After all, it didn't contain much power, and its practical use was basically zero. The reason why I was hesitating was because it was related to a super high-level quest.
[Congratulations for triggering the Legend-ranked quest: Revival of the Primordial Sea God.]
[The Primordial Sea God Stonevilla was once one of the strongest Gods of his generation. At his peak, there were several Main God level existences under his command. That year, Lady Storm was just a rookie who couldn't even be ranked. Although he was crazy enough to challenge the Goddess of Order and had already fallen, due to a coincidence, the God Equipment that contained his inheritance and secrets fell into your hands. It was even activated by the divine power of the same origin. Perhaps, in this Twilight of the Gods, the Primordial Sea God's might will make a comeback.]
This Myth Quest was quite ridiculous. It was split into three steps. The first step required me to gather ocean-related divine power to feed Stonevilla's Ocean Bottle so that it could evolve into a SemiGod Equipment. The reward would be an astonishing 100,000 Fate Points, and there would be no penalty.
Based on my understanding of my ridiculous System, the greater the reward, the greater the price. With such generous conditions, this Myth Quest's difficulty would probably be inconceivably high.
But recently, all sorts of troublesome things kept coming my way, so I tossed this Myth Quest to the side.
"On one side, there's this incredibly difficult Myth Quest that I might not even be able to complete even if I tried my very best. On the other side, there's the tangible benefits right before my eyes. I already have enough troubles for myself, and this has nothing to do with me. Forget about it. "
And so, when I personally handed the Ocean Bottle to Ailos, she took it and held it in front of her chest, her face filled with memories and sorrow.
"… Thank you. If only Stonevilla had been willing to listen to my advice back then, things wouldn't have ended up like this — Eh!"
Halfway through her sentence, Ailos paused in surprise, and then her original nostalgia and sorrow completely vanished. Her beautiful face was filled with astonishment.
"How is this possible!? There's still a Divine Soul within, and it's still recovering? How is this possible? Stonevilla can actually be revived? There's still hope for my husband to be revived? "
I had never seen anyone's expression change so quickly before. From sorrow to astonishment, from astonishment to delight, and then, in the next second, the delight transformed into despair!
"No! Stonevilla. I can sense that your Divine Soul is currently disappearing. What happened!? Your Divine Soul was clearly quite stable just a moment ago, so why is it disappearing now!? "
Everyone else had astonished expressions as well. Although existences like Gods were like cockroaches, and it would be difficult for them to completely die, the fact that a God who had fallen for so long could still be revived was already beyond everyone's comprehension. Just when there was hope for Divine Soul to be revived, it was now disappearing, which was even more incomprehensible.
They couldn't understand, but I could.
Hearing Ailos's exclamation, I paused in surprise for a moment before I snatched back the Ocean Bottle. The moment it returned to my hands, the Divine Soul within the bottle stabilized as expected.
It was obvious that this Divine Soul was being kept alive by the System. So, when the Ocean Bottle no longer belonged to me, the System lost its ability to interfere, and the Divine Soul naturally dissipated. Perhaps the final goal of the Legendary Quest, "Revival of the Ancient Sea God" was to revive this mega God.
It was as if I could sense the existence of the Divine Soul. Just as Ailos instinctively wanted to snatch back the Ocean Bottle, she discovered the secret behind it.
Although she didn't know what I was doing, the iron-clad truth was right in front of her. The Divine Soul that had naturally dissipated was actually beginning to reform. This completely went against the common sense of this world.
"How did you do it? This is impossible. "
I hesitated for a moment, but I still couldn't come to a difficult decision … Actually, there wasn't much to hesitate about. This Ocean Bottle was definitely going to stay by my side. I was hesitating whether I should laugh out loud and say that her husband was in my hands, and that if she wanted him to live, he should be obedient. Or should I get closer to her ear and smile lewdly as I said, "Milady, your husband can't leave me anymore. You should give in to me as well."
Alright then, in the end, I didn't say this brilliant line, because the audience's gazes were too intense. I was afraid that I would get beaten up.
"This is my personal secret. I'm afraid that I'm the only one in this world who can protect his Divine Soul and revive him."
Alright then, I was doing my very best to remain calm and collected. However, the smile on my face betrayed how pleased I was. This was basically the heavens helping me. As long as Aylos wanted to revive her husband, I would instantly have a top-notch fighter on my side.
Yep, I would only be a fighter. I hated those who threatened me, such as "Pretty Married Woman" or "Knocking on the Widow's Door" or "Knocking on the Widow's Door".
Ailos' expression rapidly changed. As an old fox whose age could be counted in centuries, how could she not know what it meant to be under someone else's control?
The atmosphere instantly froze.
At times like this, it was time to strike while the iron was hot. After I was done being the bad cop, someone else was going to be the good cop. And so, I glanced behind me.
"Cough, Lord Ailos, please rest assured. We don't have any extravagant requests. We also want to revive Lord Stonevilla, but it will be rather difficult. For example, we need the divine power of the ocean to replenish his Divine Soul, and the current Sea Gods are all so powerful that we can't afford to offend them …"
From a certain perspective, Renée was indeed a descendant of the Mist and my disciple. She was quick-witted and thick-skinned. All I did was tell her that the Ocean Bottle required the Divine Concept of the ocean to strengthen her Divine Soul, and she had already guessed the crux of the matter. Her attack had hit the nail on the head.
Ailos' expression alternated between green and white. Even her Elemental Body was flashing. Even though her expression was still like an iceberg, her overly excited emotions almost caused her to reveal her true form.
"Speak. Just tell me what your conditions are."
Reyne and I looked at each other and laughed. This was no longer a negotiation; we were just sending ourselves to be slaughtered.
"Relax, we've always been open to discussion. You just need to … "
When I told her my conditions, Ailos had an expression of astonishment. She wasn't astonished that the conditions were too harsh, but rather that they were too lenient.
While her expression visibly relaxed, I laughed.
"Let's take it slow. Her expression is so tense right now, so how am I supposed to extort her? Since the crux is still in my hands, there's no need to worry about the fish escaping the hook. If I force her too much at the start, she'll easily become desperate. Let's first use some simple conditions to get her used to it. Once she falls for it, once she gets used to my orders, she'll become addicted to it. Hehe. "
"Hehe."
My snicker coincided with Renée's, and we smiled at each other. There was no need for words to be said.
Meanwhile, behind us, everyone was in a heated discussion.
"It's over. Renée has been led astray by Roland as well." Marguerite had a helpless expression. One Roland was already troublesome enough, and Eliza, who he taught, was also super difficult to deal with. Adding on Renée, who was becoming more and more black-bellied, would indeed make one feel helpless.
"… That might not be the case. I've never seen a normal Mist descendant before. Just look at Glina and Cavendish. Perhaps they've only awakened their potential! Their entire race is naturally perverted. "
Amelia viciously came to this conclusion.
Looking at the two of them who were in cahoots with each other, Adam nodded vigorously as he recalled how he had always been tricked.
…
I wasn't in a hurry to go fight Ömdiroken. Apart from gathering information and making preparations, there were also many things I needed to do in this Elemental Plane that was far away from the Gods in the mortal plane.
This battle and battlefield taught me a deep lesson. The appearance of God-level combat strength such as Cavendish, Ömdiroken, and Felix made my heart constantly ring with alarm.
High-level combat strength had an impact on the overall battle situation. Every time they acted, they almost completely turned the tide of the battle. In the past, Emperor Yongye's forbidden spell would always be able to turn the tide of the battle, but right now …
"I'm too weak. I'm ridiculously weak!"
Yes, I was too weak. It had been almost two years since I obtained this Double Diamond bloodline, but I had only just reached the Silver rank. My understanding of bloodline abilities and job class abilities was still quite shallow. Perhaps this would be an amazing achievement for others, but for me, it was an unqualified result.
"Recently, most of my attention has been taken up by other things. I'm always walking on a tightrope, and I'll fall sooner or later. Who knows what will happen in the future? I don't have much time left, so I need to hurry up and increase my power level."
Of course, level had never been a problem for me. Perhaps my true combat strength would be related to my level, but just increasing my level wouldn't bring about a qualitative change. My opponents would only become stronger and stronger.
"It's impossible to rely on normal methods. In that case, I'll just have to cheat a little. Life and death, an endless cycle of reincarnation? Heh heh, that might not be the case! "
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
