Chapter 104 - Calm Before The Storm (2/2)

Kurohana nodded and thanked Chad. ”Thank you for taking your time to explain both Hinari and Hodazuka's lives. Your contribution will definitely not go to waste.”

”No, no, no. I must thank you instead for curing me of my problem.” Chad waved his hands as he smiled while replying. ”As for the reward, I won't dare be stingy with it since it had something to do with the Demons. I'll be increasing the reward from 20 God Sparks to 50 God Sparks.”

Hearing that the reward was increased by almost 3 times made Kurohana happy, but then she remembered the fact that this mission was a punishment mission, reducing her excited state back to a neutral one.

”If there's nothing else, I shall be going then,” Kurohana said after Chad was finished talking. She also started to hover off the ground at this point.

”Go ahead, you have to report this anyway,” Chad smiled as he waved goodbye towards Kurohana who was already leaving his island.

Kurohana nodded back to Chad's reply as she accelerated towards her maximum speed, heading back to the Hall of Greater Divinity.

Whoosh!

In an instant, no trace of Kurohana was left behind on Chad's Palace.

…

Taking another hour to head back to the Hall of Greater Divinity, Kurohana was greeted by Nix at the entrance of the hall, prompting her to bow towards Nix as she reverted back to her previous expression.

”Greetings Hallmaster,” Kurohana greeted.

”Welcome back Kurohana,” Nix smiled. She then gestured towards Kurohana to follow her as she turned around. ”Follow me.”

Sensing that there was no malicious intent in Nix's words, Kurohana replied with a succinct ”Yes” before following Nix from behind. Due to them both being Greater Gods, they both moved quite quickly through the hall, only taking a few minutes to arrive at a secluded place.

Once they arrived at this secluded place, Kurohana could not help but blurt out, ”Hallmaster, isn't this your room?”

”What about it?” Nix smiled as she looked at Kurohana. ”Anyways, feel free to call me Nix. We're both victims of the Lesser Divine War anyway.”

”The Lesser Divine War…” Hearing this phrase come out of Nix's mouth, Kurohana's vigilance towards Nix slightly relaxed as she stammered, ”N-N-Nix…”

”Yes?” Feeling that Kurohana having trouble saying her name was cute, Nix could not help but chuckle.

”Are the Demons truly coming back to take over the Celestial Plane?”

”What do you think?” Nix's smile slightly subsided, gradually being replaced with a serious expression. Nonetheless, her tone was still a bit cheerful.

”From the mission I've taken, I've realized that not only one Depraved Deity has been created…but two!”

”What? Impossible.” Hearing that two Depraved Deities were created instead of one like her expectations, Nix could not help but become shocked.

”I checked Chad's body and noticed that two Demonic Seals were placed. How could a single Depraved Deity cast two Demonic Seals? If they were True Demon Gods, then it would be more plausible,” Kurohana refuted Nix's statement.

”It seems that this problem is worse than I thought,” Nix could not help but frown after feeling that Kurohana's words made sense. She thought of a something for a bit, but then dismissed it afterwards as she sighed.

”You know what, if you want to help with this problem, I have no problem with it. If you don't want to help, I have no problem with that as well,” Nix looked at Kurohana for a bit before opening her mouth. ”Anyways, according to Phatia, once you finish this mission, your punishment is now over.”

”As for your reward…” Nix waved her fingers for a bit as she looked at the new reward with slight surprise. ”Since the mission Phatia gave you needed to net out 20 God Sparks, we shall only retrieve 20 God Sparks from the mission, the extra God Sparks shall be yours.”

With a snap of her fingers, 30 motes of purple light appeared in front of Kurohana's field of vision, which then surged towards her brain, increasing the amount of God Sparks she held by 30…through some weird means.

”With your punishment now over, you can now go back to your space,” Nix sat down on the chair behind her desk as she pulled out a piece of paper, writing words on it as she thought of how she was going to report this. ”Please do consider helping me out on this one, only 10 of us have experience killing Demons…other than the Wielders and Overseers anyway.”

”Don't worry,” Kurohana replied to appease Nix's emotions. ”Once I get back, I'll send a part of my body to help you out. I just can't go out with my full power since I'm still nurturing a future Evolving weapon.”

”An Evolving weapon?” Nix could not help but look at Kurohana with wonder. ”As expected of the most famous craftswoman throughout the Celestial Plane. Alright, I won't send you off. Go.”

As Nix waved her hands, Kurohana bowed respectfully towards Nix before leaving the Hall of Greater Divinity, heading back to her palace.

”I wonder what happened to Aurus while I was gone.”