Sacred Souls: Genesis - Chapter 39: Unpalatable Tower Spirit

Segman didn’t just leave the area outside the Tower of Trials, instead moving over to the marketplace area where the Enhancer Ellie and the Faerie Merchant were under Jiang Qiao’s suggestion.

Jiang Qiao told him where he could get stronger quickly, and even though he was dubious about it Segman was still curious about this area where adventurers were gathering at, so he went towards the enhancing stall with the intent to investigate.

And now, Jiang Qiao was left alone with the old mage… More precisely, the master of the Tower of Trials.

His pupils had become pure golden, and as Jiang Qiao stared at these eyes he felt an indescribable sense of pressure, as if the old mage wasn’t holding a staff but a sheathed sword, ready to strike at any moment.

Jiang Qiao gripped the Fire Elves’ Prayer in his hands, and because it was the first time he met with an enemy that had godly powers, he had no idea what specific abilities this ancient deity had.

As Jiang Qiao was contemplating, the old mage moved suddenly, making Jiang Qiao go into a stance to release his skills and Ocean Blue.

The old mage stepped in front expressionlessly, and Jiang Qiao hadn’t reacted further before the old mage plopped onto the ground on his knees, even laying his palms onto the ground and pressing his forehead down.

What?

Seeing this masterful dogeza, Jiang Qiao didn’t know how to react.

“Honorable Devourer God, please let me off the hook!” The old mage pleaded, but his old and gravelly voice coupled with the unmistakable feminine tone of a woman gave Jiang Qiao a chill up his spine.

Was the title of Devourer God so scary?

Jiang Qiao looked at Ocean Blue who was floating around him invisibly, and the goddess in question was sticking her hands on her hips while puffing out her chest in pride. Of course with her stature, she couldn’t quite pull it off.

……

“You’re… female, aren’t you? Can’t you stand up and talk?”

Jiang Qiao glanced at the marketplace area, and around twenty players had already started dancing and singing in a circle around the Faerie Merchant.

Jiang Qiao had already added some additional content to Sacred Souls’ Battle Support System, and now players could choose a certain dance move, and the system would help them recreate the dance perfectly.

These dance motions were designed to be collectibles in Sacred Souls, in fact.

When a player had succeeded in exchanging the Rainbow Unicorn Headmask from the Faerie Merchant and put it on, the players around them cheered and celebrated wildly.

In celebration, that player even danced Michael Jackson moves with the Rainbow Unicorn Headmask on, and there was even background music coupled with it.

These celebrations seemed to be like some sacrificial ceremony of some unknown tribe in the eyes of outsiders, while the petite Faerie Merchant seemed to be the sacrificial lamb.

The actions of the old mage seemed to attract the attention of some players, and if it went on like this, they would probably come over here and start making a fuss around them too.

After all, if there were a ranking for things that players would never pass by, the chance to activate a hidden quest would probably rank at the top.

“H-Honorable Devourer God, you have to promise not to eat me…” The old mage’s voice trembled as he continued to lay prostrate on the floor.

“You wouldn’t be able to stop me even if you’re kneeling on the ground like that.” Jiang Qiao shared divinity with Ocean Blue, and so he was considered half a Devourer God too.

The spirit of the tower thought for a while, before realizing that Jiang Qiao was making sense, so he promptly…Bent even lower onto the floor, sticking on the ground like a starfish.

Perhaps it was because he couldn’t think of any greater way to grovel, so he could only do this in response.

“Alright, I won’t feed you to her if you stand up.” Jiang Qiao sighed, and all he could think about was ‘Are all gods in the multiverse so strange?’

The old mage stood up immediately, and at the moment he stood on his feet he seemed to have sprained his hip. Jiang Qiao heard an unmistakable crack coming from the old mage, but the spirit of the tower wasn’t the wiser, still staring at Jiang Qiao like a student would at an angry teacher.

“First of all, I don’t have any interest in turning you into Ocean Blue’s dinner. I’m purely here to clear the Tower of Trials.”

He was still a little guilty as he said so, and if the spirit was weak enough Ocean Blue would probably dig in while Jiang Qiao wasn’t looking.

But this plane was quite different from the earlier plane that invaded Sacred Souls. The invading plane was more or less like fast food, while this plane was like a vegetable garden. The players were in charge of harvesting the vegetables, while the protector of the tower was in charge of planting the vegetables in the first place.

In conclusion, it still had potential to grow and more to exploit.

“You speak the truth.” The spirit of the tower seemed to have an ability similar to mind-reading, so she paused and glanced at Ocean Blue who was floating next to Jiang Qiao warily, before gathering the courage to speak: “I-I can let your creations continue to explore this tower, but… b-but…I have a request.”

Oh, a quest?

“What request?” Jiang Qiao asked.

“Don’t eat me…”

“…”

Jiang Qiao guessed that this spirit of the tower’s horoscope was a repeater. Ocean Blue had already been keeping herself in control…Well, she wasn’t drooling anymore, at least.

“N-No, what I mean is… I’m going to be eaten…I mean, I feel the Devourer God… coming near me…” The spirit of the tower didn’t know how to explain, and Ocean Blue herself didn’t know what she was talking about either. At this moment, Jiang Qiao seemed to think of something and took out the System Tome.

This item wasn’t one that players could see or touch, so there wasn’t any problem taking it out in front of all these players.

Taking out this book that was so thick and bulky it could pass for a street fighting weapon, Jiang Qiao flipped it open, the star map projected in front of him.

In the star map, the plane that had Ocean Blue’s divinity fragment started to move, and as if it were attracted to the plane, it started floating towards the Tower Plane Fragment.

Behind the Tower Plane was the main plane of the Sacred Souls world, as well as Bluestar.

“Have my followers sensed my existence and come here on a pilgrimage?”

“Pilgrimage my foot! They want to invade this plane and go into the Sacred Souls world through this plane…” Jiang Qiao pointed at the plane that held Ocean Blue’s divinity fragment, and the indication was red, meaning that it had malicious intent. “Monster siege? This event update would be way too fast…Wait, fifteen days? We could probably strike back in that time, huh?”