Chapter 287 - The Surface (2/2)
[SUBJECT NUMBER: 5 CONFIRMED, REQUEST DESCEND Y/N?]
”Erm… Yes?”
[REQUEST CONFIRMED, POWERING UP ISOLATION BARRIER…]
A soft hum was heard as Mercury suddenly wasn't able to sense what was outside of the room, it was like the small prayer room suddenly got cut off from the rest of the world
[ISOLATION BARRIER STATUS: HOLDING STEADY… DIALLING ARCHANGEL #27… DIALLING COMPLETE, REQUEST CONFIRMED, STARTING DESCEND…]
Mercury suddenly shuddered as a formless pressure descended into the avatar that lay on the altar, the lifeless avatar twitched slightly before it suddenly opened its eyes that shone with a purple light in the room before the avatar sat up and looked over at Mercury
[Hello Mercury, long time no see~]
Mercury recognized the voice that spoke and gave a smile as he greeted Party
”Hey Party”
The avatar showed a smile before it floated off the altar and landed in front of Mercury and gave a spin as it asked
[So how do you like these avatars? Cute right?~]
Mercury gave a smile
”Yeah they are very cute”
[Compared to you~ Wearing those dirty rags, very unbefitting of a mighty living god~]
”Come on now… I got from a person that helped me out, don't call them dirty please…”
The avatar gave a giggle as it floated up and waved its hand, summoning a couch out of thin air before it gestured for Mercury to sit down
[Come sit down Mercury~]
”Sure…”
Mercury sat down on the couch finding it very comfy to sit in, then the avatar sat down next to him and kicked its legs back and forth as it looked up at him with a smile
[So how's the surface~?]
Mercury gave a groan before he leaned back in the couch and started complaining
”Awful actually, the first people I met called me a pervert and wanted to kill me off, saying that they were doing the city a favor or some such…”
[How awful~ So? Did you end them?]
”No… I knocked out a few teeth though”
[Well well, how bold of you~ Did you give them free head pats too?~]
”Come on now, tone it down a bit… I am not a murderer”
[It's not murder, you are a might living god for fucks sake~ They are mere mortals~]
”You sure got a mouth on you… Awful arrogant too”
[Well I am a mighty archangel~]
Mercury gave a sigh and patted the avatar on the head
”That you are…”
The avatar narrowed its eyes like a kitten being petted behind its ear, Mercury half expected Party to start purring any moment, but instead, she waved her hand and made a table appear out of thin air, then she waved her hand again and a silver star necklace appeared on the table, the silver star had 13 points and was hollowed out with a black string going through it, Mercury picked it up and examined it, he could feel that it wasn't made out of silver or any kind of metal he could absorb
”What's this?”
[Something that will make the mortals be warier of you~ It's a necklace of the apostle~]
”I see… Well thanks, Party”
[You're welcome Mercury~]
Mercury put the necklace of the apostle around his neck before he put the silver star under his clothes and patted it twice
[Oh right, you are going to need this too~]
The avatar waved its hand again and a small leather pouch landed on the table with a satisfying 'cling' Mercury picked up the pouch and opened it before he pulled the contents out into his hand, it was 10 small silver coins, he quickly put the coin back into the pouch and thanked Party
”Thanks, I'll make them count”
[You are welcome once again Mercury~ Now those are silver coins and each of them are worth 100 cel so you have 1000 cel in total now~]
”I see… What other coins are there?”
[Bronze coins which are worth 10 cel, silver coins which are worth 100, small gold coins which are worth 1.000, big gold coins which are worth 10.000 and finally platinum coins which are worth 100.000~]
”Okay… I got it”