Chapter 5: First Come, First Served! [Request for Recommendation Votes]
2016-11-27
Author: Zhu Sheng Fu Tu
Northwind County.
This place is near the Northern Tower, but it is not the territory of the witches; instead, it belongs to the church that serves the Lady of the Night.
The churches of the deities have many enclaves in the Material Plane. After the era of Queen Isabella ended, no powerful empire has emerged in the Material Plane, allowing the church to gain a portion of secular power. However, under the constraints of the gods, the church does not dare to seize power too openly, merely controlling regions as if they were the Agricultural Goddess’s church managing the City of Harvest. Soren handled it similarly; his church wields enormous influence in Modo but merely touches upon secular power. Northwind County is controlled by the church under the Lady of the Night, yet there is still a puppet baron noble in the open.
This noble is, in fact, a believer of the Lady of the Night.
This is a common tactic used by the deities: to support nobles who believe in them to become lords, achieving the effect of hidden control and influence.
At this moment.
Near a graveyard in Northwind County, a group of flickering will-o’-the-wisps flits about.
This is a common sight because, following the success of the God of d*ath Naraku’s conspiracy, the number of will-o’-the-wisps and ghosts increased dramatically. Now, nobles dare not bury bodies near the original burial sites, and many large-scale graveyards are dangerous even during the day.
The will-o’-the-wisps seem to move erratically, but upon closer observation, one can find they are being controlled by some force to monitor the surroundings.
Near a large mausoleum to the south of the graveyard, a secret door suddenly opens, and then a lich emerges cautiously, surveying the area before casting a teleport spell to leave.
Below the mausoleum.
It is a vast underground burial chamber; originally, it was a count’s grave site but has been turned into an underground stronghold by the lich.
There are interconnected tunnels stretching over ten kilometers, with lethal magical traps spread throughout. At the entrance are two ancient mummies, and further inside are two coffins, containing creatures saturated with evil aura.
“d*mn it!”
An angry roar echoes from the lowest level of the underground mausoleum, a pale golden skeleton grips a scepter and gazes at the experimental platform before it, roaring, “That damned Goddess of Magic and d*ath, Vices!”
Golden skeleton.
The entirety of the lich’s body, constructed of golden bones, signifies its identity as the Lich God – Vishalon. This demigod lich enjoys transforming its body; upon success, it becomes immune to over 85% of physical damage, and the current transformed state is this golden skeleton. During the turbulent years, many demigod liches adopted this form, and it seems the Lich God before me has just recently completed its transformation.
Not long ago, the Lich God – Vishalon was ambushed by the Goddess of Magic and d*ath, Vices, and was killed on the spot by the powerful deity.
However!
As a lich, Vishalon still possesses the existence of a phylactery.
This grants it a chance to resurrect; however, the weakened Lich God, after successfully resurrecting, had to hide away from enemies.
For certain reasons, it quietly concealed itself here, attempting to repair its phylactery.
However.
The goddess of d*ath, Vices, is not so easy to deal with. The Lich God’s phylactery has suffered severe damage; it even had to recreate its body, and the current golden skeleton is only at a demigod level.
This golden skeleton is significantly weaker than its previous body.
On the experimental platform, a peculiar metallic box hovers in midair, already covered in cracks—injuries left by the Goddess of Magic and d*ath, Vices.
The divine power of [d*ath] damaged the Lich God’s phylactery.
The Lich God attempted to restore its phylactery, but the Saint’s Cataclysm limited its power, causing several attempts to fail.
At an unknown time.
The sky darkened.
A slender figure appeared near this graveyard, as if some force enveloped the area, causing all the will-o’-the-wisps to freeze in place.
From the left, two little girls in exquisite princess dresses, one black and one white, appeared, their expressions joyous as if engaged in some fun game, occasionally whispering to each other as if plotting something intriguing.
On the other side, an extraordinarily beautiful witch floated silently, thirty-six golden tarot cards suspending around her body. The Scepter of Saphiras emitted a strange light, blocking all sensory and divination spells as she walked through the eerie atmosphere, seemingly awaiting someone’s command.
“Go ahead.”
Soren’s figure turned into a streak of light and vanished, followed by Vivian and Lilian quickening their steps, while Gloria activated ‘Time Stop’.
“Brother.”
A destruction magic sword appeared in Vivian’s palm, while Lilian drew a whip of flames from the void, both little girls said in unison, “Leave the outside things to us.”
An abnormal energy immediately startled the ancient mummies guarding the entrance.
Soren nodded and passed by these two creatures. As he approached the coffins, suddenly two shadows lunged out—the pale, decaying forms of ancient vampires screamed as they pounced on Soren.
——“Divine Power Shockwave!”
Soren did not pay attention to these enemies; he repelled them with a divine power shockwave and moved swiftly forward.
These enemies would be handled by Vivian, Lilian, and Gloria; his target was the Lich God. The latter had already sensed Soren’s arrival and attempted to flee, but the space nearby was already sealed.
At the deepest part of the underground mausoleum.
Soren’s figure slowly emerged. The moment he appeared, an overwhelming barrage of spells descended upon him, with at least five of them being legendary spells.
In an instant, Soren’s figure was engulfed and then disappeared.
“Not good!”
The alert Lich God immediately detected the anomaly and quickly retreated.
But it was too late; another shadow of Soren appeared, a silver-white streak of light transforming into a tempest of slashes towards him. What had just entered was his ‘Illusory Technique’, the first wave of attacks meticulously prepared by the Lich God was immensely powerful, instantly wiping out the illusion that had 60% of Soren’s strength.
“Useless.” Soren approached expressionlessly.
——“Shadow Plane!”
——“d*ath Domain!”
——“Killing Domain!”
Domains approaching strong divine power locked down the area as Soren quickly closed in and transformed into a golden giant.
——“Divine Descent!”
He offered the Lich God no chance whatsoever, as the latter also possessed a portion of the God of d*ath’s profession and held dominions over undead, liches, necromancy, and necromancers. This was not a foe to be underestimated. The Lich God might not be exceptionally powerful, but the domains it wielded were also deadly, encompassing d*ath, evil, magic, and undead.
“No!”
A desperate scream rang out as Soren’s attack instantly shattered the Lich God’s form; the difference between [Weak Divine Power] and [Medium Divine Power] was immensely vast; having lost the initial opportunity, the Lich God had no chance to resist under Soren’s tempest-like assault.
Its physical body was destroyed!
Immediately after, a golden soul emerged, ready to escape in a flash.
——“d*ath Binding!”
Soren understood that annihilating the Lich God’s physical form was easy, but killing the entity was challenging.
He used d*ath divine power to seal the soul, then instantly connected to the target’s phylactery, and with a surge of divine power fluctuation, Soren directly activated his divine ability to destroy the phylactery.
Crack!
The sound of something shattering echoed.
The next moment, a row of data appeared before him:
“Killed the Lich God – Vishalon!”
“Extracted target soul energy! … You have gained 3,650,000 Killing Experience! …”
“The target possesses divinity!”
“Extracted target divinity! … You have gained 15 points of divinity! …”
“The target possesses divine attribute value!”
“Extracted target divine attribute value! … You have gained 12 points of divine attribute value! …”
………………
“Seized target partial divine profession! …”
“[Undead] divine profession extraction! … Compatibility 55%! … Part of the abilities devoured and transformed into [d*ath] divine profession! …”
“[Lich] divine profession extraction! … Compatibility 25%! … Part of the abilities devoured and transformed into [d*ath] divine profession! …”
“[Necromancy] divine profession extraction! … Compatibility 15%! … Part of the abilities devoured and transformed into [d*ath] divine profession! …”
“[Mage] divine profession extraction! … Compatibility 75%! … You acquired [Mage] domain! …”
“[Necromancer] divine profession extraction! … Compatibility 45%! … Your [Mage] domain has been enhanced! … Your [d*ath] domain has been enhanced! …”
“Devoured [Magic] domain! …”
“Your divine profession [d*ath] received an upgrade! … Activated divine ability [d*ath Perception]! …”
“From now on, you can activate perception abilities at certain places where d*ath has occurred; this divine ability allows you to sense any d*ath event that has happened within three weeks of the target area.”
Golden divine light merged into Soren’s body.
However, the same portion of divinity was also rejected by Soren, swiftly flying towards the nearest compatible target.
A small part of the divinity integrated into Vivian and Lilian, while a significant amount soared towards Gloria, who, as a true Northern Witch, automatically absorbed the portions of divinity and divine profession seized from the God of Mages by the Lich God.
At the same time.
Gloria, on top of her original abilities, gained part of the [Mage] divine profession and [Magic] domain.
………………
The battle concluded swiftly.
As it was the territory of the Lady of the Night’s church, Soren did not dare to linger, and after taking down the Lich God, he immediately left with the others.
However!
Shortly after Soren’s figure had departed, a graceful woman in splendid robes appeared, frowning as she looked at the scene before her, murmuring, “Has someone gotten there first?”
“Who is it!?” (To be continued ~^~)
