Chapter 822

〈 Chapter 822 〉 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 24: Found It

The road to the Kingdom of Gaianna was smooth yet not so smooth.

We avoided areas where guards could be seen, and in places where carriages couldn’t pass, we lifted the entire carriage out of sight and moved it.

It was physically possible.

And we could remain unseen by others.

“Isn’t it daytime, Phoenix Sir?”

“Yeah, it’s daytime.”

“Are you saying you’re going to secretly move this over the city wall during the day?”

Hari opposed my plan. This was because she didn’t know my power, and I dispelled her misunderstanding.

“I have an advantage with sunlight right now. While bathed in sunlight, I can hide my body.”

“Is that even possible?”

“I’m the Apostle of the Blue Sun. The sun here may not be fully blue yet, but I can still react to its light.”

I hid my body within the sunlight. Hari was astonished as I instantly turned transparent, then I wrapped the horse and carriage entirely in Blazing Flame and flew up into the sky.

Pew-luck.

“Huh? Something just went by, didn’t it?”

“It must’ve been a hallucination. On such a bright day, how could you see things that aren’t there?”

“Maybe I’m just low on energy these days… damn, if it weren’t for those strange monsters, I would’ve slept soundly last night.”

The guards didn’t notice us at all. Thanks to that, we were able to break through several fortresses of the Vishnia Kingdom and the border without much trouble.

There’s also the option of breaking through with force.

But if I did that, there’s a possibility I’d be classified as someone with excessive power, which would allow Chaos to exploit the confusion.

“Let’s go again.”

While there’s sunlight, we actively cross walls and mountains. Before sunset, we cast a barrier around the carriage near a village and infiltrate the town.

The horses rest deeply in the cradle-like barrier of Blazing Flame, and we take our rest in the inn rooms.

“Phoenix Sir, I have a question.”

“What is it?”

“We’ll soon enter the territory of the Kingdom of Gaianna. Are we resting one more day?”

“Yeah, it’s time to rest now.”

It’s late at night after the sun has set.

With the sun down, there’s no need for me to move. And I can’t stay here forever either.

Time in Tera is like ‘working hours’ for me. Everyone has them, but nobody wants to work past their designated quitting time.

Even if the people of Tera are waiting for my help, the real-life existence where those who love me are waiting is more important.

“You can use the bed. I’ll sleep on the sofa.”

“Ahh, th-that…”

Log out.

Clang, clang, clang.

“…phew.”

Slept well.

Twelve hours in Tera, twelve hours in reality.

I’ve currently lived almost sleepless for 24 hours, but thanks to my experience as a monster, I don’t feel the need for sleep.

The body in Tera is an avatar where my spirit transfers.

No matter how many enemies I kill in dreams, my real body doesn’t get that tired. And the fatigue from my real body gets rested while connected to Tera.

The entity entering the world of Tera is my consciousness.

It’s merely a clump formed by magic power.

And naturally, it’s not only me who can use this. After removing my headset, I connected the PC camera and opened a video chat program.

[Welcome back!]

“Yeah, Yuna.”

On the other side of the video call, Yuna, dressed in what looked like a lab coat, greeted me. Behind her, another Yuinah lay naked inside a capsule identical to mine, wearing a headset.

“That’s….”

[It’s my avatar. In reality, I’m a very busy person, you know? I have to have sex with you, do broadcasts, and monitor you while you’re in Tera.]

“Does sex come first?”

[Of course! I came to this world to have sex with you.]

Yuna’s words left me speechless. Those lines sounded so familiar.

[You said you’re going to the Kingdom of Gaianna, so I prepared in advance. If our operation succeeds, you’ll gain new powers.]

“Yeah. Time to put it into actual combat.”

New power.

It means a completely different kind of power than what I’ve had until now.

Not the power of Blazing Flame, but instilling a different power into my body.

[When Seongju created me, he made the gnosis last, right? That means the spirits and goddesses’ magic powers can merge into one. For that, Seongju’s technology is necessary, and we’ve integrated it into your avatar. Very delicately.]

Tera’s avatar is made of Blazing Flame.

Phoenix’s heart is like Yuna’s ‘gnosis,’ made of magical core, and this structure is quite significant.

If the core is a large sphere, the surface that extracts the core’s magic is divided into three regions.

[Brother, your gnosis will be able to receive the magic power of the goddesses. You can get it from priests who follow each goddess. But the reason there are three is…]

“Ji Ryun, Seoyea, Blazing Flame.”

[That’s right. We’ve prepared to contain three kinds of powers. Because we needed all three powers to create it in this reality.]

Earth-element power to contain Ji Ryun’s strength.

Water-element power to contain Seoyea’s strength.

And fire-element power to contain Blazing Flame’s strength.

If I can obtain power from Mother Earth and Mother Longevity, the Phoenix of Tera will possess three elements.

[Thinking in terms of the original game, if you receive each element’s magic power, consider your maximum magic power increasing by 3!]

“Thanks for explaining it so simply.”

Currently, with only Blazing Flame, it’s at 90.

Add one more, and it becomes 93.

Add two more magic powers, and it becomes 96, reaching SS rank.

And when Ji Ryun, Seoyea, and Blazing Flame’s powers all converge, it reaches 99, SS+ rank.

Almost a demigod, or demi-god, level.

Though it sounds funny that an avatar with a crystallized power source could occupy the next seat among the seven gods, if this demigod’s origin holds the power of three out of the seven gods?

Everyone in Tera will know.

Blazing Flame is truly the true sun!

[Brother, you know you need to meet Blazing Flame directly, right?]

“Of course.”

A space has been prepared above Blazing Flame for another Blazing Flame to reside, but that’s not Blazing Flame. That space is for Red Flame (Hong-yeom).

I am the Phoenix of Blazing Flame now.

But her ‘blue’ is the color gained after being corrupted by Seongju, turning into a fiend. The color change occurred when Seongju foolishly granted her the power to burn even them, the outer gods.

In other words, it’s not the original blue of Shin-ra.

The types of magic power to stack above Blazing Flame are three.

Ji Ryun.

Seoyea.

And, ‘Red Flame.’

“Can’t resist the red flavor of Shin-ra.”

Shin-ra of the past was a red woman.

Sex.

* * *

At that moment.

Hari sat quietly, staring intently at Phoenix.

“…….”

There’s no particular reason for staring. Just watching feels good; she continues to watch over silently.

“Haa.”

But even against the great Kinna-ra, she ultimately didn’t do it. Spiritually speaking, it might be similar to pregnancy, but she doesn’t think of it that way.

-It really felt good. Even though I haven’t had sex before, this must definitely be sex.

Kinna-ra whispered something encouraging to herself before leaving, telling her to succeed.

Success?

What success?

Inserting Phoenix’s real thing into her own vagina and producing a child.

“……”

Phoenix still doesn’t know.

Is it possible for a spirit and a human to conceive when they have sex?

Yes, it is possible.

Although spirits are beings made of magic power, humans can also conceive with a spirit’s magic power.

Although the child born will be a human with the spirit’s power, with a determined lifespan, unable to become a spirit unless baptized by a god, and eventually dying as a human, it is possible for spirits and humans to have offspring.

Therefore, it must succeed.

The conception must succeed.

Creeak, creeak.

“Hm?”

A sound of movement came from outside the window. Phoenix is sleeping like the dead, and Hari seriously debated whether to open the door.

She doesn’t move at all while Phoenix sleeps. But if attackers come and ambush…

Click.

The door opens, and something rolls inside. Hari swallows her saliva at the sight of the small golden creature.

“What, what is that…?”

Nee-ing.

The creature seemed injured. It resembled a miniature dragon but radiated undeniable magical power.

“Is this…a spirit? But…”

Hari doesn’t recognize this spirit. As a princess, she knows about many spirits and is knowledgeable about light-attribute spirits.

This one is new to her.

“…….”

Hari carefully approaches the creature. It doesn’t feel particularly threatening, and she senses none of the “chaos” energy Phoenix talks about.

It felt like a newborn spirit itself. Hari gently picks up the spirit.

“Warm…”

Holding the spirit, Hari strokes its head, infusing her weak magic into its wounded area, staying awake all night waiting for it to wake up.

So she didn’t realize.

Whirr, click.

The spirit had already opened its eyes and was staring intently at the black-haired youth.

* * *

Dark room.

A room filled with mechanical sounds, where a blond giant-breasted woman lies on a large capsule, her eyes gleaming with joy.

“I found it.”

The woman’s eyes shimmered with starlight. The black-haired giant-breasted woman beside her adjusts her glasses and tweaks the chart in her hand.

“Pattern, Blue. Blazing Flame.”

“Of course. You’re the best, Hikari.”

“Not at all. All thanks to Chairman giving us plenty of time and budget.”

The woman called Hikari smiled brightly at the screen displayed on the massive monitor.

Squeak, squeak.

There, a black-haired young man resembling a Korean priest sat asleep on the sofa.

He seems unfamiliar yet somehow familiar. The blonde woman gasped with satisfaction.

“Haa, haa. Connecting…it’s not easy, even with Karna’s backup.”

“It’s because we forcibly adjusted your body to match Lady Karna. Hehe, impressive. The power of the goddess.”

“It’s not easy…but it’s not impossible either.”

The blonde woman covered her face with her hands.

“Still. Searching for Tera was indeed [Correct.]”

“After numerous trials and errors, we discovered that place was the past Tera. And that Tera, like Earth, is also experiencing monster invasions.”

“Yes. Here, there are no more monster invasions now…but things will be different. I thought everything was ruined because the greedy old council members searched for the remaining cubes and created holes in the world…”

The woman grinned widely at the sleeping black-haired youth.

“Never expected to meet your past self.”

The woman, gazing endlessly at Yun Yuhwa, kept smiling.

“Figured you’d be male, customer.”

Yun Yuhwa is smiling.