Day: 9
I wake up and slowly rise. I start to check my status. Nothing very much has changed, only that my poison resistance has increased a bit.
I look around and to find that all my subordinates have already woken up.
As they notice that I'm awake they turn their eyes forward and before them are 5 rabbits.
‘Mistress, here have some rabbit’ - Sin
I look as Tae-goo hands me a white rabbit.
I look at it for quite some time then I bite into the body.
It is delicious. I want more of it but as I turn to ask for more I realise that they have a rabbit for each one of them.
I guess that they already have their first hunt as snake.
I finish my rabbit and wait for the rest to finish as well.
‘I think we should explore more of the ruin’ -
Serperior
‘As your wish, mistress’ - Tae-goo
I start to make my way further inside the ruin.
There are many of what used to be sculptures here and there and many skeletons of humans and beasts scattered in every corner of the temple.
The only sculpture that is still intact is the golden Gaia sculpture that I found first as I entered the temple. The rest is now in ruins.
I think if the temple was still in good condition then it might even look more fascinating because even in ruins it still looks like a grand place.
I walk further in and then stop but what makes me stop is a skeleton in a white robe holding a staff in its left hand and a wooden sword in its right hand.
The staff and sword are not fascinating but just the beginning of things.
What I found shocking is that it has a golden crown on its head with a large emerald in the middle and four emeralds surrounding it.
The gold and emeralds amazingly blend together and shine brightly across the room.
The skeleton is sitting on a throne behind an altar.
The altar is made out of wood which should have been broken like the other ruins but it seems to be intact.
I make my way toward the skeleton.
Then suddenly the candle on the altar was lighted and me and my subordinates start to hear praying. The skeleton rose with his sword and staff in a certain way that looks like a triangle.
The triangle appeared in front of us and my body feels somewhat lighter and warm as if I was being held up by something.
*Ting*
The high priest has summoned you and your subordinates.
You gained a sermon wisdom to communicate with your blessed God.
You have gained affinity to light by 1%
Your and subordinates gained 5 to all stats
*Ting*
Quest Window:
Since the falling of Gaia believer. The religion that is praying for the goddess has also fallen people no longer come to pray and the temple is neglected. The high priest and following die but do not rest in peace you as ‘A child of goddess’ must take responsibility and bury the corpses and bless their souls allowing them to let go of the world and lead them to heaven.
Quest Progress:
Bury the high priest and his following 0/100
Bless their soul with your sermon wisdom 0/100
Quest Reward:
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
I read the letters of a new quest. I must spread the influence and reconstruct and now I have to bury the corpse of priest.
I look at my body I can not dig the ground with my snake body but i can pull up the soil by roots.
I turn my body toward my underlings but what surprises me is that they seem to know what I I'm going to say to them because they start to move the corpses of the dead outside of the temple.
‘All of you should move the corpses out of the temple except for the high priest now’
After, I make my way toward the high priest I look around the high priest for any trap or something. I start to remove the staff and sword as well as the robe and his crown on the altar. It is so shiny.
I turn away and drag his corpse out toward the exit of the temple and leave his body on the side of temple and start to release my roots into the soil and grab the soil and use my strength to pull the soil up.
I don’t how long it takes but my body starts to get sore and tired but the hole is still not deep enough for a human skeleton to lay in. I continue to look around and see that my Tae-goo and her junior continue to move the corpses out of the temple.
I turn my attention to pulling the soil.
I continue to work and endure the pain from over work.
*Ting*
Endurance has increased by 2
Strength has increased by 1
I ignored and continue.
*Ting*
Endurance has increased by 3
Strength increased by 1
Fighting spirit increased by 2
I have finished my first hole by pulling soil up with roots.
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The hole is 1 meter deep and 2 meters long. I was regretting that I make the soil horrible and the grass is messy. It is not as beautiful as I started to make more holes in the soil.
Before was lush green with grass and bushes now it is a hole for corpses.
I continue digging and Tae-goo and the others are carrying the corpses.
Before we know it it is already dark. I stop and move my way to my underlings to take them to hunt a few rabbits.
After we eat we start to rest. It has been a long tiring day for all of us.
‘Let’s rest for now and continue to work tomorrow’
After I finish telling them I close my eyes. And started to drift into a sleep.
***
Day: 14
It has been a week since I started to working on my quest as I am digging and my subordinates moving the corpses out of the temple.
Today the is the same I woke up and eat with Sin. I have realise that Tae-goo and the rest have already begun to move the remaining corpses out of the temple.
I begin to work on my digging like the last six days. I use my roots to pull up the ground and I have been digging almost a hundred holes surrounding the temple which looks now like a mess.
Every time I endure the pain as I dig I gain endurance stats and a few on strength and fighting spirit.
*Ting*
(Status window)
(Name): Serperior
(Race): Green pit venomous viper
(State):
A child of God Gaia, Low Lv poisonous snake,
The leader of snake group
Title: Master of seedling, Last stand
(Level): 3
Physical Stats:
Hp: 100 Mana: 100
Strength: 52
Agility: 41
Wisdom: 46
Intelligence: 48
Vitality: 72
Leadership: 16
Fighting spirit: 36
Art: 24
Charm: 4
Endurance: 49
[Energy] 20 J
[Nutrients]: 45 Ns
Energy Production: 10 J/H
Nutrients Absorption: 1Ns/H
Possessed skills:
<< Growth >>
<< Respiration >>
<< Nutrients absorption >>
<< Root wisp (Basic) >>
<< Root bind (Basic) >>
<< Naming (Unique) >>
<< Command title (Basic) >>
<< Fighting spirit >>
<< Poison making >>
(Scorpion blood acid)
<< Poison bite (Basic) >>
<< Photosynthesis >>
<< Portable root (Unique) >>
<< Digging (Intermediate) >>
Resistance:
8% to poison
1% to light
Blessed: Demeter/Gaia
Attribute: Nature/Poison
My digging skills have upgraded into intermediate level since all I am doing is nothing but digging.
I quickly finish my last hole.
I glance back to see that all the corpses have now been carried in front of the temple.
I make my way toward Tae-goo and the less.
‘All of you please put the corpses in the hole and bury them and find flowers or plants to plant over them’
I immediately tell them and begin to bury the corpses with them.
I pick up and drag the high priest’s corpse to the first hole I made and lay it in the hole.
‘Aah gah ha uo’
I began the sermon of wisdom on the corpse in the hole.
Then I move on to another corpse and do the same for hundreds of time then suddenly
The area becomes foggy and I can not see anything but myself until a middle age man appears in front of me.
The man is wearing a robe and many people seem to appear behind him.
‘Goddess, do not neglect us’
‘Thank you, child of god to send us to our peace’
The man walks toward me and gives me a kiss on the forehead and then fades away with other people.
*Ting*
Quest has been completed
You and your subordinates have buried and blessed the dead on behalf of the goddess.
You have given a tree of wisdom branch staff
You have given a tree of strength branch sword
You have obtained new skill “light manipulation” and “nature manipulation”
“Nature manipulation” - This skill allows the user to manipulate nature at their will. The higher the easier to manipulate the nature.
Mana: 25/s
Cool down time: 10 seconds
(Elemental magic: Beginning)
“Light manipulation” - This skill allows the user who believe in faith and honor to manipulate light at their will. The higher the skill the easier to manipulate to light.
Mana: 30/s
Cool down time: 10 seconds
(Elemental magic: Beginning)
I gained a staff, a sword, and two magic skills.
I look at my underlings.
I am exhausted and hunt for food and quickly go to sleep.
***