Chapter 220 Lilim’s Announcemen (1/2)
Chapter 220 – Lilim's Announcement
Tong closed his eyes, and a lucid dream appeared in front of him. He could see the peaceful environment and the wish of Hua Shi.
It was a picture of a mother and her daughter, laughing and dancing together in a flower garden.
”Sunday, you …” A bitter smile appeared on Tong face as he realized what she wished for. He was speechless and moved by her motherly love.
”You didn't want my power for yourself, but you want it for our child. You are … really.”
Tong concentrated and adjusted the lifespan compensation and the power-scale. Just like what he made with Friday, Tong set the lifespan upkeep to the lowest, one lifespan per year, and the given power to 100 percent.
The devil contract had been finalized, and [Sloth] merged with Hua Shi's body. Her skin glowed as if it was covered by a black light.
A barrier appeared around Hua Shi.
Friday looked at the barrier in curiosity, ”What did you wish?”
”Hehe! Domain, expand!”
Hua Shi tried to use her power for the first time, and the black light barrier enveloped everyone in Tong's courtyard.
The servants and bodyguards were panics as they did not know what the glowing dome was, but Tong and Hua Shi watched it with a smile.
”This is your [Domain], huh?” Tong muttered.
Friday snapped her fingers as she figured what Hua Shi had wished, ”An absolute domain for you and your child! Am I correct?”
Hua Shi nodded, ”Yup! As long as I'm alive, I can create a domain that can protect my family and allies. Also, I can eject or bar all hostiles with the barrier!”
”Smart, but I think it gives Tong a lot of burdens if you continue using it for a long time.”
The face of Tong twitched as he felt something was draining his power. He opened his menu to recheck his status.
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**Status**
Name: Zhang Tong
Age: 17
Lifespan: 216,120 Years
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The previous battles gave him plenty of lifespans from his [Sword Mastery]. Tong even had lost count of the soldiers he had slaughtered in the Battle of Liyang.
For each kill by throwing the hot oil from his inventory or the direct killing using his melee weapons, the skill stole lifespans from the slaughtered targets.
Thus, he regained a sizable amount of lifespans back. Besides, the reward from his soulmate quest had not finalized yet, so Tong expected that he should get more.
*BEEP*
… 216,119 …
*BEEP*
… 216,118 …
His lifespan ticked down each minute that the domain deployed.
”Sunday, disable it for now. I'm losing lifespans,” Spoke Tong, who was sweating as he feared that Hua Shi might abuse it and ruin him in the future.
Hua Shi disabled it and looked at the two with a proud smile, ”See? I'm now useful, right?”
Friday smacked the back of Hua Shi's head, ”Useful your sister! Don't use it recklessly. It's taking a toll on the master of the soul. Only use it in the emergency or Tong will die from the lifespan shortage!”
Tong sighed. Seeing his happy wives, he was satisfied even though every skill of his was mysteriously wiped.
”System, any updating announcement?” Tong tried to talk to the system goddess again.
Like the previous attempts, no one answered his call.
Not.
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*DING*
[Attention please, attention please!]
[This is your new system administrator. My name is Lilim. I'm taking over the universe system as of today.]
[All of you should notice the sudden earthquake and the sky shattering. There is nothing to worry about. I've taken everything under my control.]
[However, there is a pressing issue at hand that involves all sinners in this world, which resulted in your skill disappearing. The powers that you, one hundred sinners have created, have caused the instability of this dimension. Those skills of yours give this dimension too many burdens that it is on the verge of collapsing, FYI! As long as the skills exist, the crack and the earthquake will happen again in the future.]
[I've managed to suppress it for now. But I'm afraid that in the next ten to twenty years, it will happen again. To prevent this incident, I have to be cruel to you.]
[First, all of your skills will be disabled as of today! When I said ”Disable”, it meant ”Disable”, not deleted! However, I'll allow you to salvage back a couple of your skills in exchange for your hard work.]
[To get your skill back, you will have to donate 100,000 of your lifespans to the [Central Pool], and I will return one of your skills. You should be able to see the [Donate] tab in the system menu now. You can access it from there.]
[I did not want to sabotage your lifestyle or anything, but I need those lifespans for maintaining this universe. Even a year of lifespan matters! I can easily kill all of you anytime to take your lifespans back, but as a neutral admin, I won't do it. You should be grateful!]
[The skill that I will give you back will not be a system skill anymore, but a permanent skill that embedded into your soul. So once you reincarnate into a new life, that skill will go with you. Then, I won't be able to interfere or meddle with your ability ever again! However, it will be your soul that will bear the burdens of the skills. You soul might shatter if you possess too many skills, so don't be greedy!]
[It's a bargain trade that I can give it to you for a limited time in this life of yours, just saying.]
[Even if you don't have enough lifespans, you can gather some by forming or joining a clan to get the annual rewards. You can also drain life essence from the nature if you happen to awaken your wings.]