Chapter 669 - Time to Risk Lives! (1/2)

Chapter 669: Time to Risk Lives!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Valley

After Morpheus’ white fog projection finished asking, he watched Link quietly, waiting for his reply.

Link’s mind whirred crazily, trying to find a way to solve this. On the other hand, Morpheus waited a few seconds. When he didn’t get a reply, he said, “Oh? You don’t dare to answer?”

Eliard and Dylosen had stopped breathing, and they were ready to act. They didn’t hope to defeat Morpheus; they only wanted to escape successfully.

But then Link suddenly yelled, “Those thieves said you’re an unbeatable god. Is that right?”

“Can it be wrong?” Morpheus huffed. He was only a demi-god, but before mortals, he always called himself a god. He never interacted with mortals either to further maintain his mysteriousness.

“God, I beg you, let me become your believer.” Link prostrated himself on the ground.

This interruption got rid of Morpheus’ anger. Link probably only wanted to save his life by becoming a believer, but no demi-god who wanted to become a god would drive away a potential believer. Morpheus was the same.

However, he wouldn’t accept just anyone who said he wanted to convert. He had to learn about this person’s past and personality… Of course, this wasn’t important. The most important thing was where the other half of the Celestial Stone was.

“If you wish to become my believer, you must serve me and be completely loyal. Now tell me, how did the statue get halved?” Morpheus asked. His voice was much softer now. If he could get the other half, he could let these people live. Of course, they had to join his cult.

Link’s thoughts whirred, and he thought of what to say. Pretending to recall his memory, he said, “Mighty God, this statue was very difficult to get. We risked our lives in the Grinth Forest near Ferde to get it.”

Morpheus was instantly interested. “Oh? Tell me in detail.”

He didn’t test Link’s soul to see if he was speaking the truth. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to; he was just a thief originally. He didn’t know anything about Soul magic. After receiving the divine fragment, his power increased, and he grasped some of the knowledge for becoming a god. He still wasn’t familiar with Soul magic though. If Link was his believer, he could use the belief to read Link’s soul. Since he wasn’t, he could only judge from Link’s expression.

The man looked fidgety and extremely scared. His body was drenched in cold sweat. A regular merchant wouldn’t dare to lie.

Morpheus was quite confident about that.

Link cursed inwardly. He didn’t know anything. Beside him, Eliard and Dylosen were still sweating. They looked at Link, waiting for him to make something up. They hoped the story would be beautiful and Morpheus wouldn’t be able to find flaws.

Of course, they were also busy during this time.

As a Level-14 Magician with a Level-19 divine gear, Dylosen took advantage of when Morpheus was distracted by Link and secretly searched for where Morpheus truly was.

This divine gear was the Snow Mountain Archmage’s proudest work. It was called the Eye of Reality and operated secretly. If the other was also an Archmage, they would be able to discover it. Morpheus wasn’t though. He was just someone who didn’t know any Soul magic and just hit a fortune.

He didn’t know what Dylosen was doing at all.

Link saw it, of course. Now, he had to make time for Dylosen. His mind spun and suddenly got an idea. “Mighty God, we are from Norton, and we live in the Grinth Forest. We were strong as children, so we learned some martial arts techniques—”

Morpheus cut him off with a wave. For some reason, he felt anxious and restless inside. This annoyed him. “Cut the nonsense and say how you found it!”

“Yes, yes, Mighty God!” Link wiped his sweat and swallowed heavily. Then he took some deep breaths, seeming to try to make himself calm down.

Morpheus couldn’t do anything except wait patiently.

After many seconds, Link finally continued, “It’s like this. Me, Liard and Dylo are good friends. We went hunting in the forest. You know, the Grinth Forest had a lot of battles. The farms are all destroyed and we don’t have enough food, so we had to hunt to add to our food.”

“And then?!” Morpheus just wanted to strangle this wordy guy. It’s been so long, and he just can’t get what he wanted.

“And then we found a deer. I shot it and hit its hind leg. It was a bit off though. Not only did it not die, but it also ran too. It kept running, and we followed its bloody trail. I didn’t think that lame fella could run so fast. It disappeared just like that. If it wasn’t for the blood, we couldn’t track it at all—”

“Cut the nonsense!” Morpheus’ image waved his hand and Link immediately flew backward, rolling many times before stopping. If Morpheus hadn’t restrained himself and used more strength, he would have exposed himself now.

As for why Morpheus was so nice was because Link had said he wanted to become a believer. Morpheus couldn’t kill him.