Chapter 104: Soul Lamp (1/2)

Even though Jom had been ‘betrayed’ by the system, the players didn’t plan on doing anything to him anyway. They all saw the double-edged attack that the Barren Giant had used, and knew that no one could have changed the fate of the chocobos even if they were given another chance. No one could have dared to block the way of the Barren Giant, and even if they did they would have been buried in the rubble together with the chocobos, and wouldn’t serve any use other than a few scraps of dead meat.

When the players returned to the village in the valley, they were surprised at how the villagers multiplied drastically in such a short time. Upon seeing the scene of a few hundred people waiting for them outside the village, the players all thought that the villagers had gotten wind of their evil plan to loot the bandits, and had rallied together to beat them up…

Thankfully, the hunters that had gone back to the village beforehand explained the situation to them quickly.

The old village elder was afraid that the players would lose, and that the rage of the mountain bandits would rain on the village again, so they went all out and borrowed the players’ carriages to get reinforcements from the surrounding villages in preparation.

But soon after, the hunters brought back the news that the players won, and the fight to the death scenario was changed into a large-scaled celebration that involved all the villages in the vicinity.

The many weird and funny dance moves that the players learned from the system were extremely popular within the villagers, and they were extremely entertained by the impromptu dance battles that they had. After this, the players all agreed to pass this down as a festive tradition of the Church of the God of Games.

Meanwhile, Xi Wei was having a headache over the crumpled corpse pile of the Barren Giant back in his Divine Kingdom.

This thing couldn’t be consumed nor used, and because it had the divine power of the Lord of the Peaks protecting it, Xi Wei couldn’t use it as a sacrifice to obtain divine energy for himself. That being said, the Barren Giant was an epic creature, and it would be a waste to throw its precious corpse away…In conclusion, it was a headache to deal with.

“Ah, that’s a loss for me…” Xi Wei’s spherical body bobbed up and down as if he were a landlord fussing over his monetary losses. “Not only did I not get a lot of divine energy from this fight, I even gave out a Golden Legendary item…No, I can’t calculate my losses or my heart will break!”

That being said, he was sincerely happy for his believers.

After all, even though there wasn’t any guidance from the system, the players used their own skills and strategies to achieve this feat that could be seen as legendary on the mortal plane.

The corpse of the Barren Giant wouldn’t cause Xi Wei to get into trouble with the Lord of the Peaks because it was killed by the players, and so it was completely natural for the players to sacrifice it as a trophy for him, so even if the other deity wanted to fight over this the one in the right would be Xi Wei. The Earthweaver wouldn’t get involved with such a trivial matter, and so Xi Wei who had his buddy the lion to help him deflect his problems didn’t have any fear!

The one that gave Xi Wei a greater headache was the other trophy that the players obtained.

A Soul Lamp.

This thing could be counted as an item, so it wasn’t sacrificed to Xi Wei after the players obtained it, and so he could only detect it vaguely.

Under Xi Wei’s analysis, this item was probably a Sacred Item from the Revenant Pantheon.