Chapter 281: Gift of the Evil God
“What’s wrong, Lei?”
In the spacious graveyard hall, obscure energy fluctuations flickered in mid-air, and then twisted spatial energy constructed a spatial gate one person tall. A young girl wearing a black cloak walked in from the other side of the spatial gate.
This was also the spatial teleportation point previously reset by Kazumi, but with the current lack of relevant technology research, this spatial tunnel directly leading to the inside of the Great Graveyard could only be used by Kazumi herself. As for the exit of another universal spatial tunnel, it was, under Lei’s suggestion, thrown into the distant wilderness.
“Reporting to Lord, the sacrifice at the altar is complete.”
Lei, who had long been waiting again, respectfully saluted the appearing Kazumi, then pointed to the Ice Carriage prepared at the entrance. His withered voice came from the pale skull.
“Okay, let’s go.”
Kazumi nodded with satisfaction at his obedience to her command, gestured to Lei, and walked towards the carriage at the entrance.
………
The [Underworld] was not very large, and the speed of the Ice Carriage was very fast. However, the touch that passed through the cloak and still caused some coldness made the young girl seriously consider the necessity of developing a means of transportation in the future while in the carriage.
Kazumi stepped off the carriage with an expressionless face and walked directly to the Lich, looking at the huge altar constructed of obsidian before her.
“How much longer until the sacrifice is complete?”
As if it were the final moment of the sacrifice, the entire altar was surrounded by visible, tangible death aura. The skeleton heads on the obsidian bases on both sides, in which dark green flames burned, also twitched frantically.
The coffin at the top fluctuated up and down with the energy fluctuations, and the sacrificial offering inside was the unfortunate Psychic who had previously fought with Kazumi and was pulled into the coffin.
Although with the materials Kazumi currently had, she couldn’t make offerings that could trigger specific rewards with high probability in her previous life’s game. However, using the corpse of a Psychic, who was a mutual counter to Undead Creatures, as a sacrificial offering should yield much better rewards than ordinary corpses.
“My Lord, it is my dereliction of duty. The altar has responded but has not given any rewards. If necessary, I can sacrifice a few acolytes to re-establish contact.”
Lei quickly lowered his head. Normally, after receiving the sacrificial offerings, rewards should be given. Therefore, after knowing that the sacrifice was complete, Lei reported it to Kazumi.
But for some reason, the one who had enjoyed the offerings this time did not give any rewards for a long time, which made Lei, who had called Kazumi after believing the sacrifice was complete, feel remorseful and guilty.
“No need, it’s not your fault.”
Kazumi shook her head, looking at the coffin still floating in mid-air and the death energy gathering within it, without blaming Lei at all.
Kazumi was quite indifferent to not receiving rewards for the sacrifice. Even in games, there were often incidents of zero or negative rewards. This situation was normal. After all, according to the background story, such altars corresponded to powerful, chaotic evil gods and ancient extraterrestrial gods, not the approachable, good-natured deities of the lawful good alignment.
As for sacrificing acolytes to the altar to re-establish contact?
Setting aside the fact that the acolytes, who were already in short supply in the territory, had important uses such as accelerating the offering speed and establishing contact within the Dark Altar, even if a message were sent, what would you want to achieve?
Urge a certain deity who enjoyed your offerings to quickly send you rewards? Are you truly that eager to die?
“Let’s wait.”
Kazumi waved her hand to interrupt Lei’s further words. She could somewhat guess Lei’s current state of mind, but the young girl wasn’t particularly concerned about it, nor would she blame Lei for it.
Several streams of death aura condensed from the young girl’s hands and struck the two acolytes standing at the bottom of the altar, worshiping and chanting tirelessly.
This was probably the only thing Kazumi could do now. In the game, increasing the level of acolytes and researching related technologies could improve the offering speed and return rate.
In layman’s terms in reality, if the divine envoys who worshipped the gods had better physical fitness and shouted louder, there would be a greater chance for the one above to hear and clearly understand your request, and the chance of receiving rewards could be increased.
Thinking this way, it made sense (fog).
Although these spirits gathered through the [Soul Guidance] ability of the Great Graveyard were too weak in their true forms, they didn’t even qualify to be judged as [Acolytes] by the system.
However, fortunately, this was reality, not a game. So even without the system’s recognized tags, these “bootleg acolytes,” after being lightly transformed by Lei, could still play a small role. Even half the efficiency was better than nothing.
Two streams of death aura were injected into the two spiritual bodies wearing tattered black cloth. The acolytes’ originally slow movements instantly became swift, and the emitted soul fluctuations became more dense.
After doing all this , Kazumi took a few steps back, crossed her arms, and quietly stared at the coffin floating in the air above the altar.
…….
“Lei, you don’t need to report the sacrifices specifically next time. Just report them together when I return to the territory.”
Ten minutes or so passed. Kazumi, who had been standing there in a daze, realized her problem. It was probably like a novice player just starting a mobile game? Even drawing cards required them to stare fixedly, but in reality, if you played for a long time and became an experienced player, you would find that drawing cards was just like any other daily activity.
Kazumi had figured out that whether there were rewards or not, she would see them when she returned to the territory, so there was no need to wait here specifically. It was truly a waste of her time.
As for now, it was best to go back and rest early……
Casually yawning, Kazumi instructed Lei, who stood motionlessly beside her like a dead person, then turned around and opened a spatial gate, preparing to return to her cozy bedroom.
But a sudden violent energy interrupted Kazumi’s actions, and even the spatial gate that had just been constructed shattered directly.
“This is… they’ve come?”
A hint of excitement flashed in her eyes. The coffin in the distance began to shake violently, and a terrifying aura that did not belong to this time burst forth from this narrow coffin.
Sensing this powerful and intoxicating aura, Kazumi couldn’t help but want to get closer to see what rewards she would receive this time.
But the next moment, a withered palm grabbed the girl’s arm from behind, and a thick ice wall rose out of nowhere, blocking the two of them.
“Be careful! My Lord!!”
A massive amount of death aura gathered in Lei’s hands, finally transforming into ice energy, and even the surrounding temperature dropped significantly. Then, layers of ice walls rapidly erected before them.
“Buzz!!”
A terrifying shockwave erupted from the coffin, and the thick ice walls were crushed without even the slightest resistance. Kazumi, at this moment, had no time to pay attention to Lei’s somewhat presumptuous actions. She only felt as if a giant hammer had struck her chest, and the surrounding environment instantly regressed.
The Lich’s body also flashed with blue light crazily, but it still couldn’t withstand this surging shockwave. The Lich was thrown backward like a kite with a broken string.
But in mid-air, the Lich mustered its last ounce of strength and pointed towards the altar. The two acolytes who had been maintaining the offering in the altar directly dissipated, and the energy that was about to erupt from the coffin vanished into thin air.
The next moment, Kazumi, who had gotten up from the ground, instinctively opened her eyes, only to see a giant black object falling from the sky and crashing heavily towards the city gate.
“Boom!!”
