370 Morpheuss Life-Attribute Dungeon Conquest 16/?: Being Overly Cautious Isnt Bad (1/2)
The dream that I had last night was very confusing, but at the same time, when I regained my consciousness and memories, I had an inner understanding of the Life Attribute.
The Skills I have obtained by eating the Life Attribute monsters and Bosses here became a single Magic Skill due to this. Each of those skills became a spell inside this Skill, which I was able to cast easily.
I wondered what utility the manipulation of Life Attribute could bring. If I could infuse Life Energy more freely on things, perhaps I could convert Undead in living organisms? Though I do not think it would as easy.
As I woke up, I was contacted by Levana, The Demi-Goddess of Bat Beastmen, granddaughter of Agatheina and Morpheus's sister.
She hurriedly informed me about this Demon Demi-God, who was once part of the Demon Gods Pantheon that created and controlled the Thanatos Kingdom. He was exiled after trying to use the other demon races created by its allies as sacrifices to increase his strength, his children were taken by the other demon gods while his physical body and soul were heavily damaged, losing a big part of his soul.
He became an ally of the Beast Demi-Gods not long after, telling them precious information about his former demon god allies, only to end up betraying the Beast demi-gods, bringing their mortal children as an offering to the demon gods.
However, this guy seems to be incredibly unlucky, because the demon gods accepted his gift but predicted that he would one day betray them, so they destroyed more parts of his physical body and soul and then throw it out for the raging beast demi-gods to destroy.
The beastmen that he offered to the demon gods were taken into the Thanatos Kingdom and used as food and sacrifices for their children, the beast demi-gods couldn't do anything about that, as their mother forbid them of messing with other Pantheons, bringing unnecessary problems.
So, the pent up all their anger in Megusan. They destroyed his physical body, tore his soul into tiny pieces, and then sealed them all into a powerful artifact so he could one day amend for his sins…
However, it seems that things didn't go as they expected, as he had recently woke up, with barely any of his former power and has manipulated the race of Giant Snakes in the desert biome to do his bidding, encroaching the Giant Snake Empress and improving her strength.
Now he plans to use the Sphinx as sacks of Experience Points for the Empress, his future physical vessel. His soul was torn apart and the beast demi-gods weren't able to kill it even after cutting it into countless pieces, and he slowly recovered back.
However, he should be without an intact mind, he probably had forgotten a lot of his knowledge and he doesn't even possess a quarter of his former power. Though it is suspected that he still has some leftover Divine Energy.
If it still doesn't work as I plan, I will seal him once again and place it inside my Item Box, until one day I can eat him.
It should take some hours for my Slime Clones to bring some clues, so for now I began other plans before the artificial sun raised on the horizon of the Dungeon.
As I would be leaving this place and move to other villages, I must leave this place well protected, if those Snakes try to get in here again and there is nothing to protect the Sphinx, it would be very troublesome.
Using the long-named Skill [Transcendental Element Creation and Manipulation; Golem Materialization], I manipulated the Sand surrounding the entire Village and compacted it into solid rocks, which I converted into golems. Then, I raised long, fifty meters tall walls all around, a special gate was then placed in the entrance, that would only open to Sphinxes.
Predicting that Snakes could come from the underground as well, I converted around two hundred meters deep into a giant Sand Golem, peacefully resting bellow the Village. This golem will attack any intruder that comes in here, crushing them to death. I made sure to infuse a lot of Magic and Soul Energy, so it was strong.
Perhaps they could come to the air as well, so I placed a transparent ceiling made out of Illusion Magic and Solidified Magic elements, which I converted into Golems as well. Several traps were also placed underground and over the walls.
I saw that even with this, things could still become bad, so I released a hundred or so more Slime Clones while eating a ton of meat with my body shapeshifted into a giant Slime, then, by using [Synthesis], I merged the slimes with the walls, the ceiling golem made out of solidified magic and the underground sand golem.
And even then, I felt like things could somehow fail, so I also summoned a tireless and powerful Undead Army of Skeletons armored with bone weapons and dark armor. And for the Sphinx food, I summoned a few hundred Familiars and other delicious monsters.
I also feed their Oasis with fresher water and added fishes. I blessed their corps and made the plants grow immediately as Plant Monsters, who obediently sat down, waiting for someone to eat them.
”Phew… this should be enough”
The sun had already raised from the sky and the Sphinxes were admiring my work as if it were god's work.
”Ah, wall to protect us… an army outside and even food! Countless amounts of food…!”
”Do we even deserve such benevolence, Goddess-sama?!”
”Of course, you will become my future citizens, so wait in here until I resolve the issues in the dungeon, conquer it, and then I will make you move to my Empire”
The Chief of the Dry-Stone Village of Sphinxes, Tyrodes, and her daughter Acathea, who was Ailine alongside her mother thanked me deeply.
”Thank you very much, Kireina-sama!”
”Thanks for your blessings! We will make sure to worship you”
”Yes, we will build a statue and also a small church”
”Wait, no, there is no need… there are already three churches of me in my Empire… really, there is no need”
”Another church would never do any bad to you!”
”The more the merrier, isn't it?!”
”Yes… I suppose”
”Nehimi-sama and Morpheus-sama will be very happy about this, I'm sure of this,” said Tyrodes's wife and Acathea mother, who resulted to be the apostle of their church.
As we had breakfast in a large table with a plentiful variety of preparations. I got to know more about the origin of Sphinxes and the relationship Morpheus had with his concubines, and also about Nehimi, their Holy Mother.
”It was said that Nehimi-sama was a very lovable woman that always cared for her children, even after she had hundreds of them, she always remembered their names and faces,” said Acathea mother, with a bright smile.
”Morpheus-sama was also a very protective father, or so says the ancient scripts… From time to time, we receive their blessings, but their contact with us as becoming dimmer” lamented Tyrodes.
”Oh? So Nehimi is a Goddess?”
”Indeed, thanks to her mother, Maeralya-sama and Morpheus-sama aid, she raised into godhood, becoming a Living Deity Species, a mortal who had gained an ageless body and a small divinity,” said Acathea's mother.
”It is said that she was taken into her mother's Divine Realm, but our Holy Mother still keeps an eye on us… Although her strength may not be enough to interfere in the events happening, sadly” said Tyrodes.
”I see… But isn't she in a relationship with Morpheus?”