Chapter 198 – Dead End
Dots of light shot out of my mist wall and entered the bodies of my servants.
“This is it.” Yua hissed. “Our Divinity is back.”
“But at what cost?” Elise replied with teary eyes. She looked at Lynn’s body lying on the floor through my magic pond.
Lucy had opened her mouth to respond, but she choked and wiped the tears that had begun to flow. “I don’t know them…. But, why?”
Meanwhile, Kimi was silent as she closed her eyes.
“This is weird.” I hissed. “Where’s Scarlet? She should be doing a ritual there, right?”
“Shit!” Levi took off his crown and slammed it hard. “Scarlet tricked us!!!”
My heart rate jumped up. The Supreme God’s behavior made me uncomfortable. “What do you mean, Lord?”
“She performs the ritual elsewhere.” Levi’s voice trembled. He then moved his hand over the pond.
The scenery changed from the castle where the divinity servants are kept to a few feet above the sea. Scarlet was hovering there.
Two long pillar-shaped lights were hitting her body from opposite directions. One is white, and the other is purplish black. The source of both things is so far away that I don’t see it.
“The source of that white light is from the land of the elven,” Levi explained. “While this darkness comes from the plains of the humans.”
“Maybe it came from that holy lake,” Kimi added, clearly referring to the place where one of his friends died.
Mona barked and looked into the magic pond.
“You know where it’s from, Mona?” I rubbed the pet’s head. “Is this from the dungeon you’re from?”
The dog just looked at me.
“We have to do something immediately.” Levi looked even more panicked. “Or a lot of people will die.”
I took a deep breath and continued to look at the Scarlet Wizard, still floating in the air with her arms outstretched. “But can you at least give wings to my servants? The battlefield doesn’t allow them to fight well.”
Levi slapped his forehead. “She traps your divinity servants in the castle so we can focus on that. Meanwhile, she performs rituals elsewhere. She hides the power she is gaining, and I can only feel it now when her energy overflow is big enough.”
Actually, I have a powerful way to solve this. However, that means I have to make a big sacrifice.
I am not ready.
“What’s that?” Anja snorted while facing one of the mist walls. A bright light shot out from there, and not long after that, a female figure entered. The blonde-haired woman was wearing some sort of bikini armor similar in material to what Lynn was wearing.
She looked around with teary eyes. “Finally, I can get out of my place…. I’m not alone….” She then looked at me and the others in turn. “Ah, I tracked your whereabouts as your divine energies returned to all of you…. It will take a very long time to explain this, and there is something more urgent.”
Levi stepped closer to the woman. “Are you the one who has the duty to manage energy in Levidna?”
“Ah, the land’s name is Levidna, huh?” The woman smiled at the supreme god. “My name is Lict. I am indeed the one in charge of energy in Levidna. If I may ask, are you some kind of leader in this realm?”
“My name is Levi. One of the Supreme God couple oversees Levidna and everything in it.” Levi replied in a quick tone. “I’m sure you already know what happened.”
“I feel a huge ritual and can upset the energy balance in Levidna.”
I come forward. “My name is Raymund, god of hope. I know you have many questions, but we can explain them later. The point is, you were disturbed by that great ritual, right? I have several servants who can fight the person performing the ritual. However, we are currently getting to a dead end…. Come here.”
I signaled for Lict to come to the magic pond. The goddess of energy immediately gasped at the ritual performed by Scarlet.
“Can you give more power to my servants? The power that exceeds what you gave before?”
“Oh, you know I gave the five people more power over there, huh?” Lict smiled. “Before that, I must say it’s very fascinating. Finally, I can see clearly what Levidna is like after I could only feel what was happening there. I can help you, but I can only give my blessing to one person.”
Elise hurriedly approached the goddess of energy. “I am the most experienced than others as a servant. Give that blessing to me.”
“No.” Lucy held the female warrior’s shoulder. “I once had a connection with Lady Lict…. When did that happen?”
I know what moment Lucy was referring to. She spoke of the moment of her death when she destroyed the titan mandrake. However, now she didn’t notice it and looked confused.
Kimi nudged her lute. “Remember, I was the one who once had the greatest power than all of you. I’m sure I can handle it.”
“You guys are so stupid.” Yua laughed. “What you need is a fighter with high speed like me.”
“You girls misunderstood what I said.” Lict widened his smile. “Instead of me explaining it, maybe I’d better show it in person.” She then turned to me. “Can I?”
“Sure.” The word just came out of my mouth. Maybe because I never found a truly evil god and Levi didn’t stop me, I just believed in this goddess. It seems Levi knows Lict is on our side.
And again, we had no other choice.
Since no one was questioning her, Lict raised his hand, scattering beads of light at the servants. Instead of getting into those women’s bodies, the beads wrap around them.
Then, the bodies of my servants gave off a light that was so blinding, even for gods like Levi and me.
As soon as the light dimmed, I gasped. My servants are nowhere to be seen. They were replaced by a female figure with silver hair and wearing a dress with armor. The dress and armor seemed to be made of sparkling crystals, giving off a beauty that made me hold my breath.
“You….” I found the facial features of my four servants on the woman’s face.
My servants merged into one?
“Sir Raymund.” The woman’s mouth also emits a mixture of the voices of my servants. She knelt down and looked at me with her silver eyes too. “I am ready to carry out the task from you.”
I woke up from my shock but was still speechless.
“Can you give her wings or something so she can fly?” Levi made a request to Lict.
“I can’t.” The goddess of energy looked at Ciel and Mona, who was silent. The scout bee perched on the dog’s head. “However, I have a solution.”
She let out another beam of light, but it hit Ciel and Mona this time. For the second time, a blinding light appeared.
And after that was done, I saw a giant dog twice the size of a cow. Her form is very similar to Mona, but with silver fur, yellow-black armor on some parts of her body, and transparent wings on her back.
My servant came to the animal and stroked its head. The dog just looked down and closed her eyes.
“Scarlet’s power is getting bigger and bigger.” Levi hissed. “We don’t have any more time.”
“I must go now, sir.” The servant smiled at me, who was still speechless. “But, can you give me a blessing first, like you usually do?”
I frowned but finally figured out what my servant meant. Anja took a deep breath.
All these bombastic events make my brain can’t work properly.
“Blessing?” Levi came to me. “What blessing did you give them, Raymund?”
“Well….” I grimaced when the servant turned her back on me. Even though it felt awkward because of the many people and the extraordinary situation, I did just that: hit my servant’s ass.
Due to the confusion of my situation, I couldn’t control my strength. The blow I did was so hard it made such a loud sound.
“Thanks, sir.” My servant widened his smile while rubbing his butt, then jumped onto the dog’s back. “With this, I’m sure I can carry out the mission well.”
She then went with the dog through the mist.
“What did that mean?” Levi asked me with his hands on his hips.
“What?”
The supreme good snorted. “You call that a blessing? What the fuck, Raymund? Don’t you have any decency as a god? I don’t mind you doing that, but does it have to be before a holy mission?”
“Well, now’s not the time to argue about trivial matters.” I tried to shrug it off, even though it still felt awkward. I feel like I just hit the ass of the new woman I’ve been dreaming of for a long time. It may sound absurd, but that’s how it is.
Levi looks angrier. “Well, even though I hate it, you’re right. Our job now is to keep an eye on your servant.”
“You’re right.” I hastily answered. “We’d better focus on more important things!”
We gathered near my magical pond. Lict blatantly kept her distance from me and gave a disgusted look. Apparently, she was scared that I would slap her ass.