You know what, before I go, let us just have a chapter. This is my gift for you during Chinese New Year, as for how we call this kind of gift in Vietnamese: "Lì Xì"...
I don't really know when, but I started to get caught up in reviews/ratings a lot, and before I even realize I forgot about myself having fun with the story and tried to plan ahead. So after this hiatus, I'll say bye to the reviews/ratings page and stop planning ahead...it demotivates me and gives me headaches...
That said, please be careful in the future as I shall go full imagination mode and really have fun with writing, not trying to appeal like an author...
Setting off
Alright, so what do we have here...
I can create things out of nowhere just like before, but without spending any points at all.
Why?
Apparently Ori-chan hates the Menus and the Points system, so...
But I can't create everything though, only about a half of what I could before.
The [Storage] thing is actually the [Loot] menu, but, again, Ori-chan has a grudge with Menus, so it's now something like an Item Box with only half the capacity of my original [Loot] menu.
And about [Spells].
So I only have the 5 things I learned using essencce...
I think that's quite enough to survive already, I have this masochistic body too...
Then, what are we going to do about the jamming?
WHAT?
You're the great mother of origins!!!
Work faster!!!
Right. Sorry about that...
But that opened up a hole of hope for me.
A much higher-ranking God huh...
Who could it be?
Nice.
Let's do that, you can do parallel thinking right?
Right.
Please stop being mean to me...
But is there anything else that can be done to speed up the removal of jamming?
...
Ori-chan just said something horrible with a (imaginary) professional voice...
Well...if someone kidnapped my bunny miko and jammed my shit...
Murdering him...no, let's cast that aside, now isn't exactly the right time.
We'll deal with him when we find him...
Now, the important topic.
Where's Leila?
Her soul was snatched away.
The rune on her forehead is written in a special liquid that would prevent [Soul Tracking].
That was what Ori-chan said...
But we have not a single clue on where to start looking.
I mean, a soul is a soul, it's not a stray dog...
Where do souls often go in this world?
Probably not to where Hades is...that's certain death.
Hmm...
What do we do there?
Just come and take her home?
I see.
We'll go there and summon her.
Talk to her and ask where she is...
But isn't that simple?
Do I have to go myself?
Sigh.
So sending Von instead isn't an option anymore...
How long would it take to go from here to that place if I ran full speed nonstop?
I can't use [Transposition] spell at the moment, but since this body is the materialization of my divine spiritual body, plus the "God of Origins" thing, I'm confident I'm pretty damn strong and fast...
Can we make it...?
I feel like 2 days are really long.
Now that I think about it, the idea of leaving for Twilight City was absurdly bad.
I didn't consider the possibility of getting sudden attacks from other stronger people at all...
I only thought about mortal intruders...what a goddamn naive kid I was...
Now without a proper Menu, I can't guarantee this place's safety anymore...
Even if I had points, it's already a ruin...wait...
That's it...what if I just leave as it is, well...not that I can fix it anyway...but still...
If I just leave it as a ruin for camouflage, it might prevent more attacks, at least within 2 days.
I don't think I have a lot of choice right now regarding to go or not to go.
The problem is that I have to go...
I didn't murder the three mercenaries and spend all that time rehabilitating to just let her die off without a soul like this...
My miko is my miko, you're not leaving without my permission...
I ran out of the half-destroyed house after storing Leila's body into [Storage]
「Yes. I'm ready for orders」
Ana appeared after I called her.
「Good. Take care of this place, I'm heading out」
「Ye—No! Please wait a second. A being like me isn't worthy to handle your sanctuary...」
「3 days. Only tree days, keep this as a ruin, use your magic to set up barriers, do everything you can to hide from the world. Just only 3 days, can you do it?」
「.....................................YES! Please leave it to your loyal servant!」
Good.
I patted her on the head and ran off in a hurry...
Do you think I have many choices?
Seriously though, use your head!
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First, my miko just got abducted.
Second, looking for her opens up a way for us to track the jamming source.
You can analyze that bitch and remove the jamming, right?
Nice.
Alright, let us go....where?
Where is the fucking place?
WHAT?
Oh...ok...shame on me then.
So I ran to the opposite direction and headed south.
We'll probably pass through the Empire, I'll say hi to Von if we ever meet.
No, actually, I'll tell him to go back and help Ana out...
Since I don't really need to eat and I can easily create a few things with God powers, I needed no luggage whatsoever.
Besides, this ain't no goddamn sightseeing travel!!
It's a rescue mission, my cute bunny miko was kidnapped, isn't that horrible?!?
You shut up.
Anyways, I already got the equipment on me so we don't need to prepare anything else.
You're probably wondering why the hell am I running...
I mentioned earlier, the [Spells] menu is still being jammed, I can't use [Transposition] spells.
Not that I run any slower than a car though...
Besides, I'm not mortal, I don't feel tired, I can just run and run and run.
Please...
I swear this is the last time I plan on going anywhere...
The moment I get my Menu and powers back, I'm instantly building a goddamn fortress as my shrine/temple/church, whatever...
That reminds me...who's the fucker that crashed the meteor into my land?
Screw that! It was going way too fast compared to a common meteorite!
It must have been the work of magic or some kind of spells...
Upon hearing the name, I frowned and kept that name in my mind.
I'm murdering that bastard in the future, he's so dead...
***
Gazing up to the clear blue sky, Amel once again put on the playful aura along with her beautiful smile.
Her cloak was floating in the wind, revealing the first-class leather clothing underneath.
It was a set of hunter's clothing that fit closely to her curves.
It wasn't too skinny, yet no spare space was left.
An elegant hunter searching for her prey.
Amel has been looking for a certain someone for so long.
Unlike the dark desires of Bagdur, hers are only to find a person.
Just simply so, and judging her facial expressions right now, she has found traces of that person...
「A sin...cannot be forgiven...by anyone...but one God...huh...」
Muttering these words, Arch Goddess Amel continued her long journey in solitude.
***
With his appearance as a free priest, Von easily got into the Southern Empire Eriellete.
His religion has been banished long ago, but people here and there would still recognize the priest clothing.
So Von disguised himself with a more common priest clothing set.
He also used magic to change the appearance of his Bible.
His God has given him a mission to infiltrate, inspect and gather as much information about the sanctuary inside this Empire as possible.
Having asked the directions towards the Sanctuary, Von headed there himself.
「Hmm...this kind of structure...Light Origin-based, is it?」
The Sanctuary was a Flower Garden.
Two Angels were standing guard right in front of the gate.
「Looks like it's impossible to just knock the door and go in...」
As a High Priest from a religion banished by the Angels, Von himself cannot afford to be reckless and risk being recognized by Angels.
Though his real body was dead, his soul after being summoned took the shape of his younger self...
Chances of being recognized are high.
Maybe his appearance was OK, but the distinctive aura each person has had since birth will be the problem.
With that thought, Von decided to wait until night.
At night he can send out as many Shadow Minions as he sees fit.
The limits on summoning is still there, but for Shadow Minions, it would be almost infinite since these creatures are only fragments of darkness.
Turning around, Von started walking towards the main city plaza again.
「Oh? An adventurer guild?」
There wasn't any Guild this big back in Von's time so he became curious and entered the place.
Walking up to a counter, Von politely greeted the receptionist lady.
She returned with her own greet and a slight bow.
「I am sorry for coming not for adventurer business, but I have a question...」
「Please do not mind that, the Guild is here to help people」
「That I am glad to hear, then...can you please recommend me a decent inn?」
「Yes, sure. In my opinions...」
Receiving directions from the lady, Von said his thanks and turned to walk towards the inn.
「Excuse me」
「Welcome」
Entering the recommended inn, Von asked for the pricing.
「It would be 2 silver coins for one night with 2 meals. One silver coin for a night alone」
「I'll stay for 2 nights, I can take care of my own meals...」
「Then, 2 silver coins it is...」
Von is a summoned being, he needs not the slightest amount of food or drink.
By the way, the money he's spending right now came from a few bandits attacking him on his way towards this place.
How he dealt with them?
We all know too well...
「Here's your room key. It's the last room on the second floor...」
「Thank you」
With that, Von's base camp has been set up.
Now he only needs to wait until night and make his move...