Chapter 8: The Missing Deity
2015-05-05
Author: Zhu Sheng Fu Tu
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There was once a saying circulating in the tavern.
It went, “Anything produced by a lich must be a fine product.” These top-tier undead, with their near-infinite lifespans, always manage to forge some astonishingly powerful equipment over the long years. It can be said that nearly one-third of the top legendary equipment, comparable to artifacts, originates from the hands of liches, while the rest are leftovers from various peak arcane civilizations. Therefore, in the eyes of many adventurers, the loot from taking down a lich could be richer than that from slaying a giant dragon.
The last piece of loot was rather ordinary.
It was a protective brooch that, once activated, could grant three spells to the wearer.
These were Greater Spell Armor, Flame Shield, and Protection from Elemental Damage.
This was a high-tier charged item, not a legendary piece of equipment that could automatically recharge, so it wasn’t particularly noteworthy. Soren directly put it on Vivian’s chest; the little girl indeed needed some protective items.
Time passed in this way for a day.
Soren had a lot on his plate, having suddenly taken over the territory of Pirate King Asrold. He and his pirate leaders were busy counting resources, transporting the population, detaining prisoners, taking over slaves, and so on. Modo was a place that required a large labor force; even though there were thousands of people, Soren could handle it. Therefore, after taking over Pirate King Asrold’s territory, the second thing he did was to transfer the slave population to Modo.
In the afternoon.
Just as Soren was getting a bit dizzy from all the busyness, Vivian’s figure appeared at the gate.
“Brother!”
The little girl called out sweetly and tugged at the nearby cat girl. “Look at what I found!”
A strange card appeared in the little girl’s palm.
——【Unpredictable Cards】!
Soren only took a glance and couldn’t help but shiver, saying, “Unpredictable Cards? Where did you find this?”
Vivian smiled and played with the card, handing it to Soren in front of her, cheerily saying, “I was playing hide and seek with Lulu, and I coincidentally found it in a hidden compartment.”
“It only had this card inside.”
After such a long time.
Soren didn’t expect to see the legendary Unpredictable Cards at Pirate King Asrold’s place again. Finding this item really required some luck, as their numbers were exceedingly rare.
“Step back a bit!”
Soren reached out to take the card, signaling the others to back off, and activated the Unpredictable Cards.
The mark on it showed that it had not been used.
Unpredictable Cards possess unpredictability; as a legendary item, it can trigger many special effects, including permanent attribute increases and gaining a large amount of Killing Experience. The Unpredictable Cards contain three special cards: The Joker, The Sun, and The Iron Throne. If these three cards are drawn, the user can gain 50,000, 300,000, and 1,000,000 points of Killing Experience respectively.
Unfortunately, Soren had only seen others draw the Joker card!
As Soren activated the Unpredictable Cards in front of him, the swirling magical patterns gradually began to reveal themselves. The first thing to surface was a glimmer of starlight, which brought a smile to Soren’s face. He might have drawn a card that increased attributes. However, as the moonlight emerged, a hint of disappointment appeared on his face, and soon the design on the card became clear.
——“Unpredictable Cards【Silver Moon】!”
As the design fully manifested, the brilliance of the Silver Moon transformed into a stream of energy flowing into Soren’s body.
Then, a row of data appeared:
“Opening Unpredictable Cards!…”
“Drawn card is 【Silver Moon】!… The drawer permanently gains 10 hit points!…”
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Luck was not too bad.
Soren raised his hand to stow the card away. He crouched down and gently stroked Vivian’s little head, whispering, “How did you know I needed this?”
The little girl nodded lightly, saying, “Because I saw that brother has a few more of these cards!… I’ll tell you a secret. Gloria’s mother has one of these cards too; I saw her flipping through it last night… If you like these cards, how about I steal it for you?”
Another card?
Soren was momentarily taken aback by her words, then shook his head, saying, “No need.”
He still felt a bit unsure about Fallen Witch Corinna. After all, after making a contract with the demon, she was someone who was hard to trust.
It would be better to avoid unnecessary complications for now!
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Meanwhile.
In a certain tower within the Rosad Duchy, surrounded by layers of magical traps and sealed within a laboratory connected to a small half-plane space, a painful groan suddenly echoed out. Accompanying this groan, the n*ked Duchess of Red Dragon emerged from something resembling a nutrient chamber. She still had her seductive appearance, with an enticing tall figure, but at this moment, she had not a single strand of hair atop her head, and not a hair could be seen on her entire body.
“d*mn Soren!”
A sharp low growl filled with repression, pain, and anger rang out, causing all the laboratory test tubes around the Duchess of Red Dragon to shatter.
The entire laboratory shook.
The Duchess of Red Dragon vented for a moment through her furious roar, then walked out with an expressionless face. Her defeat and d*ath had brought some minor troubles; the Rosad Duchy nobles she had suppressed initially started to stir upon hearing the news that she had been killed by the Executioner Soren. Now she needed to deal with these guys again, telling them that the one killed overseas was just a puppet and that she would not be so easily defeated.
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Leaffall City.
This day seemed no different from past ones.
However, for the priests of the God of Half-Elves, today brought a bolt from the blue, as on this day they suddenly lost all contact with the God of Half-Elves, and no one could receive the divine spells granted by the deity. The statue within the temple appeared dim and lacking luster; for hundreds of years, the light on the statue had never seemed so dim. Although the priests had tried their best to seal the news, others still caught wind of what was happening.
The God of Half-Elves has gone missing!
The priests could not pray for divine spells, and even the Saints connected to the realm of the deity could not ascertain his whereabouts.
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