Chapter 742: Arrival of Fourth and Nineteenth, Planning to Deal with the Infected Godly Creature (2/2)
”Hey! Why should I follow you?!”
Of course, she immediately realized it.
”In any case, he is right, Fourth.” Nineteenth said, standing behind Fourth. ”If this female human died just because you didn't control your aura, you'll definitely receive a scolding from Master.”
Hearing Nineteenth's reasoning, Fourth could only concede. Stopping her tantrum, she finally got to take a good look at Mark.
”Pfft! Hahaha! Did you jump into a grill or something?”
That was Fourth's reaction seeing half of Mark's body charred black. Although Mei had already cleaned his right cheek of the burns, his arm was still far from cleaned properly. His clothes were also burned.
”You think this is amusing?”
Mark sighed.
”Yeah?”
Fourth replied without hesitation.
Seeing that the three-eyed girl would not stop soon from laughing, Mark turned to the more dignified Nineteenth instead.
”What are your plans regarding that infected monster?”
And the reply was...
”Nothing.” Nineteenth shook her head. ”No plan at all.”
And then, she explained the circumstances.
”So basically, you are saying that you can't deal with it since it's already a new entity and not the one that a god created?”
Mark summarized.
”Yes. Nicely put.”
Nineteenth nodded at Mark's words.
”But isn't it still a god's creation?” Mark asked. ”After all, it's only the soul that is changed or removed.”
”That is true if we are talking about magical zombies, possession, or transmigration.” Nineteenth replied. ”Unfortunately, we are talking about the thing you call Mutagen.”
”Mutagen, you say...”
Mark could not help but mull, digging the memories inside his subconscious.
Mutagen affects its victims genetically. Especially for those affected with the [Unstable Pathogen], so-called the Infected, their bodies undergo some restructuring after they mutated.
”So, it's not the very same body that a god created, is it?”
Mark said, making Nineteenth nod in agreement.
”Then, it's up to us inhabitants of Earth to deal with that thing?”
Mark added, which also received a nod in reply.
”How can we deal with that?” Mark could only ask. ”Just the heat from an attack that missed turned me into a grilled potato.”
”Pfft! Grilled Potato! Hahaha!”
In the background, the three-eyed girl was on another round of laughs.
”Can you do something about that?”
Mark complained to Nineteenth.
”There is nothing I can do about her. That is just how we, existences created by emotions, work. Fourth, as the Eye of Amusement, found your situation amusingly funny and could not help but laugh it out. It is good for her since she had no way of ”receiving” amusement from humans in these dire times.”
Nineteenth shrugged helplessly.
It was good for Fourth that she found Mark's situation amusingly funny? Although Mark understood, he could not help but feel slightly conflicted.
”Before anything else, can you tell me what happened first?”
Nineteenth asked Mark as she could not see his information from her book. Since it was not hard to do, Mark explained without hesitation.
”I see... So it just happened to appear here attracted by the battle. Then it attacked you when you tried to get close to it to investigate. Furthermore, it attacked without actually seeing you, is that right? That attack was the cause of the fracture.”
At Nineteeth's affirmation, Mark nodded.
”So, it's all an accident, huh.” Fourth, who finished laughing, joined in. ”I thought you caused it directly like the previous one.”
”What are you talking about?” Mark frowned at Fourth. ”I didn't cause the previous one either.”
”It's the aftermath of your war with those island Demons!” Fourth argued. ”That is the same as you causing it directly!”
With that, Mark could not argue back and turned to Nineteenth.
”Then, we can only leave that monster alone for the meantime and you Eyes will repair the fracture?”
Mark asked.
”That is the only thing we can do, unfortunately.” Nineteenth helplessly sighed. ”It would be a different thing if we had his creator around.”
”Hmm?”
Mark stared at Nineteenth, asking her to elaborate further.
Nineteenth then turned to the silhouette of the crocodile at the coast.
”You all can feel it, right? The unrestrained godly aura. It is actually not because it is releasing it on purpose or did not know how to control it. It felt more like its godly aura is leaking. A god's magical powers are theirs alone and would not leak. For it to leak like that, meant that the godly energy it had in its body did not belong to it at all, and it is experiencing some sort of rejection. It probably got that godly energy from an external source. Besides, even if Sinogo is a messenger of Kaptan, it is very unlikely for a messenger to be bestowed with such power.”
”The seal...”
Mark blurted out, remembering the myth.
”That is probably right.” Nineteenth agreed. ”Previous instances showed that the infected are attracted and can absorb magical energies to mutate. It likely is one of those circumstances. If Kaptan is with us, he should be able to extract his own magical energy from the body of that creature. Godly energies are unique to their owners, after all.”
”So, we needed the sky god Kaptan to kill that thing...” Mark murmured. ”Can we just look for a needle in a haystack instead?”
At Mark's words, even Fourth and Nineteenth agreed. Finding gods that hid themselves were much harder even comparing to finding a grain of rice in a bucket of sand.
But then...
Pefile, who was listening silently all this time and carefully holding Celine, spoke.
”What about the Goddess Magwayen? She always go side-by-side with Sky God Kaptan.”
Those words from Pefile could not help but put him in the center of attention.