Chapter 146: Self-Directed Act (1/2)

Xi Wei had been writing his script in his Divine Kingdom. After checking the time and finding it almost right, he energized this transmigration powers.

“Although I can’t directly interfere with the trial, it’s probably okay for the Players to devoutly repay me after finding the Sea Sapphires!

Hence, Xi Wei began the self-directed act he had been preparing for some time.

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At the moment, it wasn’t just the seven parties who had found the seven Sea Sapphires sitting around in the Frogmen Village. The other Players had also seen their various posts of spoiler images, which was why they had all stopped farming fishmen and ran there to watch.

Without the Lord of Dimensions’ interference, time moved the same for everyone.

Hence, as every Player watched, the countdown timer for the quest finally ticked down zero.

In the very next instant, the Sea Sapphires within the Players’ hands unleashed a blue radiance that shot up to the horizon.

Afterwards, the skies that had only been covered by clouds became dark and gloomy, with purple-blue lightning streaking between the clouds.

One could faintly see an enormous serpentine form wafting across the clouds too.

“What is that? What just happened?” Edward watched as it all unfolded, taken aback.

Then, the Sea Sapphires in their hands rose into the air!

…well, not all of them.

“Ooooooooh! I’m not letting you get away!” Terrosche had tightly clenched his hands over his own Sea Sapphire, pressing the weight of his entire body over it to stop it from rising.

“Brother! Brother Terrosche!” Silva, too, tightly wrapped himself around Terrosche’s feet to add a bit of weight.

“I think now’s the time to let go…” Terry advised quietly beside them.

“No, this has to be the Ocean God’s trick to get the gems from us!” Terrosche yelled.

The Players could only stare at the pair as if they were idiots.

This is clearly the continuation of their quest. Isn’t what they’re doing completely unnecessary?

Eventually, there was a burst of blue light from Terrosche’s Sea Sapphire that sent those two flying, and only then did it rose into the air with the other Sea Sapphires vanish into the clouds.

But just as the Players thought that it was over, the serpentine silhouette suddenly let loose an ear-shattering bellow. Almost every Player immediately put their hands over their years by reflex, but they soon noticed that their HP was still falling despite doing that!

“It’s just one roar, but we completely couldn’t stop it… what the heck is that?” Princess Leah asked in pain.

“I am the patron deity of the fishmen, serving the great Ocean God. How dare you maggots hurt my believers! I shall kill every last one of you vermin after I retrieve the Sapphires!

Oh sh*t. It actually really was an enemy allied to the Ocean God?

Everyone’s stares were full of respect as they turned to Terrosche’s comedic duo.