Chapter 178 - Mirage (1/2)
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[Butterfly beastman, Motra, point of view]
Can't contact Agnes right now, she must be busy. If I couldn't contact her, I will just go to that witch directly. She is in close proximity after all, trying to corrupt the Holy Beast, Tyrant Steel Ant Drant. Should go there straight away with this special portal stone
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Teleporting to the ancient tunnel where I last spotted her, I can see the minions of Drant that were already controlled by the witch, and not to mention being reinforced with the fallen god power.
(Bad habit, for us, he isn't the fallen god but...) [Motra]
”You seem excited. I wonder what twisted plan you have in your mind right now” [Witch]
”You know me. Before that, any troubles with your job?” [Motra]
”I just finished it” [Witch]
”Perfect! Say, can you force this Drant to bless me with its power and...” [Motra]
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[At the castle in the Demon kingdom]
[Aries point of view]
The holy beast power within me, the power that I got against my will from the experimentation with Drant, suddenly fluctuating. Something happened to Drant, but what? I can't imagine someone or something that could possibly cause this much trouble to it
(It suddenly calms down...) [Aries]
What, is this feeling? I can feel my heart rate ever increasing, as well as this anxious thought, could it be...
”Taking a break?” [Demon king, Druser]
”Sorry about that your highness” [Aries]
”It's fine, really” [Druser]
The Demon king, Druser, around 2.3 meter tall, with the ashen hair and two ashen horns protuding from his temporal bone, which is the typical characteristics of the demon race. He might be young for a king entering his 30s, but he seems much older than he looks, probably due to all the stress
”Holding that pendant again. Kara and Mara sure are lucky to have you” [Druser]
”Can't wait to meg them once more” [Aries]
”Well, we will depart early for the debutante, just so you can see them” [Druser]
”But the works!” [Aries]
”Don't worry about it, work will never finish” [Druser]
”...” [Aries]
(She seems happy. And here I am finally gathering enough courage to... Well, as long as she is happy. Plus between those two and me, it's obvious who will she choose) [Druser]
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”So this is the cemetery” [Ash]
Right now, Claude, Elise and I are going to a cemetery. Apparently, one of the low ranking unnamed grim reaper told me about a strange noble soul that have some troubles. They try to calm the soul down, even try to resurrect her just so the soul would not be corrupted, but alas, they were instructed not to, by the God of Death itself.
(And they told me that God of Death task me to do it instead) [Ash]
Last time I use the blessings of God of Death is way back during the Kiserre's crisis, where I try to summon my parent souls to cleanse and purify the land and slave from the artificial blessings from the fallen god. It works and I can actually use some of their power after they ”possess” me. Now, I can use a bit of their power without summoning them albeit minimally
”I can sense multiple souls in distress... which one should we help?” [Elise]
”Well... It's...” [Ash]
I'm glad I brought Elise with me. She will evolve into the mythical nine tail fox through her evolved beastly transformation in the future, and as such, she is proficient in this kind of mystic thing. Well, she does offer Claude to help crossed the after life safely, so I guess that good enough to have her as my assistant. Claude is the same I guess
”Well, here it is” [Ash]
”A lady noble with name of Lind... Wait! Isn't this!” [Elise]
”It is” [Ash]
Well, I am shocked as well when I hear it, but there must be reasons behind it all. If anything, it would be because their relationship I guess. But, from the impression that I got, there's nothing wrong with their relationship. Sure, Alice and Qis seems like they're in disagreement the first time they met after a long time, but that just it. Nothing more nothing less, if anything, its more like a sadness or frustration from their own powerlessness
”So, how are we going to tackle this?” [Ash]
”Good question, any idea?” [Claude]
”I don't” [Elise]
”Well, me neither” [Ash]
”...” [Claude]
”...” [Elise]
”...” [Ash]
”Wait a minute! Aren't you blessed with the God of Death blessing?” [Claude]
”And aren't you a ghost! Surely you must have known something” [Ash]
”Really, neither of us have any sort of plans?” [Elise]
”Alright alright, I'll try something. Geez...” [Ash]
I should just try something I guess. Let start by using this scythe of mine and touch the grave with it, hoping something would happen but alas
”Nothing...” [Ash]
”That's a let down” [Elise]
”Well, can't you do something Elise? You will evolve into nine tail fox, so surely your mirage magic will...” [Ash]