Chapter 1043 A Small Break
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After defeating the Chimera and talking a bit about how Tier 10 people could further improve themselves, we decided to take a small break while we analyzed our surroundings.
I decided to store the shattered body of the Sunstone Chimera after asking my mom if I could keep it, she nodded without any issue, probably knowing I could make good use of the materials.
Once this creature was killed, the entire ruins went back to their awful silence. We decided to have a small snack, as my mother brought out the sandwiches and drinks she had prepared in advance.
They were made using a variety of tasty ingredients, including the roasted and seasoned meat strips of the giant sunstone goats we had hunted.
The meat tasted even better after being roasted and seasoned and left resting for a while, these sandwiches were heavenly, and restored our stamina quite quickly thanks to having been enchanted with Cooking Magic.
"Hmm, these sandwiches are so good~!" Lara said happily. "Thanks for making them without meat for me, Auntie Faylen!"
"Well, I know that you dislike eating meat." My mother smiled. "I added some vegetal protein though, in the form of that bean croquet."
"Ooh, so that's the crunchy patty in it!" She said. "It tastes so nice! I love beans!" Lara was happy.
"Are the spirits feeling better now, Lara?" I asked her.
"Hmmm, they're laxer." She seemed to look around. "But I think they're still scared. Further into the ruins, there seems to be many more of those things."
"Huh, so it's a nest of them." My mother analyzed. "I'll send a spirit or two to scout the area then, it will not an easy and carefree trip if we get ambushed by more than one of those things."
She summoned Oculus, the giant eye with many angelic wings, and then a little spark of light, resembling a fairy made of photon energy.
"You two, can you go check on what's going on in front?"
"Ooh!"
"Very well, master."
The two quickly zapped away after she commanded them, her Spirits were always the most obedient I've seen.
While everyone else's spirits or familiars complain sometimes, my mother has the most harmony with them.
None of them ever complains and they're always willing to do anything she asks them to do.
Maybe she's that good of a master…
"Anyways, how are you feeling?" I asked my friends.
"I'm alright I think, we can continue at any time." Aquarina nodded.
"Me too, I'm fine." Zack had already finished the second sandwich.
"With your amazing dress, I can do anything Sylphy!" Mist was very confident.
"We should continue moving on, I can sense more souls in anguish." Celica sighed. "It makes me feel a bit sad that they're suffering."
"Looks like she has discovered some sort of sixth sense pertaining souls." Celeste commented. "She has been a bit gloomy since we got here."
"Amazing…" Zephyrus was amazed by Celica's ability. "But don't worry, Celica! We'll get through and be done by today! I'll protect you!"
"Zephy…" Celica smiled a bit. "Heheh, thanks for protecting me!"
Those two were way too cute together.
But on more serious matters, Celica's new "sixth sense" is quite recent, perhaps due to her affinity with phantom and death magic, she seems to be capable of sensing souls and other phantasmal entities.
"I'm okay, feel better after the meal!" Lara was back up to her more cheerful atmosphere.
"Yeah, don't worry." Said Luck. "We should move quickly, I want to get done with this by today."
"Alright, looks like everyone's ready to go, mom." I reported to my mother.
My mother nodded as she finished packing things up after our small meal.
"Very well, let's continue then. We haven't found any written texts yet, which is a pity. I hope we can find something further in." She sighed.
"I'm sure we will." I nodded. "Though, this story feels so sad, that sometimes I feel like I would rather not…"
"It is inevitable, we must find out the truth and show it to the world. All of this is becoming accumulated evidence." My mother said. "I am not saying I want to overthrow the gods' religions or something, but this must be known by the masses, so people can have their own opinions and not blindly believe the gods are almighty beings of pure goodness. But that are capable of monstrosity and vile acts, just like any mortal."
"Right… I guess you're right." I nodded with a sigh. "Haha, for being a Saintess you're pretty against the Gods now."
"Well, that's what happens when a few of them have tried to kill us more than once." My mother said. "Evil Gods used to be members of the same pantheon as the other Gods too. They were exiled, but I am beginning to think that the title of "Evil God" might also apply to the others."
"It might have been all a conflict of ideals and power." I said. "I've meet them, the twelve chief Gods are unfathomably powerful. And seem to be obsessed with controlling others. Those that disobeyed them were exiled, the Evil Gods. Though, their forms and shapes are different than them."
"The Miasma of the world corrupted their bodies and powers after they were exiled from heaven, with little protection for themselves, they had to embrace this power and grew more corrupted…" My mother said. "Or well, that's what we've investigated from the ancient texts. Evil Gods started appearing after the Demon King's defeat, only a few thousand years after them. I believe after their larger foe was defeated; internal conflicts blossomed within their society."
"They're all obsessed with controlling others and growing stronger through faith and cults…" I sighed. "Maybe they're all fueled with the same desire for revenge against the ones that exiled them… Ah, I'm not saying they're relatable or something, most of them are still vile. But…"
"I get what you're trying to say." My mother nodded. "Perhaps there could be some, among them, that we could make our future allies against them. I'm happy that I have such a smart daughter I can talk these things without fearing you won't understand."
"Heheh, well, you raised me well, mom." I smiled.
"Well, that's an overstatement, you're very smart yourself! I would say- Oh?"
"What's wrong?" I asked her.
"Something is coming…"
RUMBLE!
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This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺